Episode 332: TMBA332: A Conversation with Mr. Money Mustache
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/mmm/ On this week's show, Dan and Ian had the opportunity to interview one of their all-time favorite bloggers, "Mr. Money Mustache" Peter Adeney.
Peter was recently the subject of a profile in The New Yorker, and you'll hear him share his opinions about that piece. You'll also hear how he was able to retire at the age of thirty, why he believes we should be optimizing for our own happiness, as well as his thoughts on achieving freedom through frugality. Stick around after the credits for a little bit of a bonus conversation with Mr. Money Mustache about how the Mustachian community holds events.
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| 0:00.0 | I think I was just born with a certain desire to do stuff, you know, just like an engineer. |
| 0:05.0 | Engineer brain, and you can't help but try to make things better each time you do them again, |
| 0:10.5 | like money and finance and your physical health and everything. |
| 0:13.3 | It's like everything has to be optimized just because it's annoying to see your own inefficiency. |
| 0:18.5 | So it's naturally, it's logical to keep making stuff better if you can. |
| 0:25.6 | Hey, podcast, listener. Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, |
| 0:30.4 | right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the |
| 0:35.0 | globe seeking to grow better, more profitable, location |
| 0:38.3 | independent businesses. |
| 0:39.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check |
| 0:45.2 | out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:53.8 | Ian, were you surprised at all when today's guest said that yes, he would come and speak with us for the podcast? |
| 1:00.7 | Yeah, he doesn't do a lot of interviews. |
| 1:02.7 | And when he does, I think that some waves are created. |
| 1:05.5 | I guess he did one recently in The New Yorker and some waves were created. |
| 1:09.1 | So, yeah, I was a little bit surprised. |
| 1:11.1 | Luckily, he said yes, and we got to talk about his profile on The New Yorker and some waves were created. So yeah, I was a little bit surprised. Luckily, he said yes, and we got to talk about his profile on the New Yorker and everything else going on |
| 1:16.1 | in his life and business. Very cool. So today's guest is Mr. Money Moustache. He is really one of |
| 1:23.8 | Ian and I's favorite financial bloggers. In fact, Ian, you're like one of the original |
| 1:27.9 | gangster moustachians. I feel like I've been reading that blog since almost day one. |
| 1:33.3 | Not only is the blog funny and smart and really insightful. The topic is not only financial |
| 1:39.3 | management, but really it's about early retirement and time freedom. A specific strategy |
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