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The Upgrade by Lifehacker

How to Become Financially Independent and Retire Early, With Vicki Robin

The Upgrade by Lifehacker

Lifehacker

Tech News, News, How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.6688 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Vicki Robin is the co-author of the bestseller YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE and the godmother of a financial movement that’s becoming increasingly popular among millennials: FIRE, which stands for Financially Independent, Retire Early. Vicki talks to us about changing our relationship with money and redefining what a rich, full life actually means. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:45.7

That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Hello and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast from the team at LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time.

1:07.3

I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker.

1:10.0

And I'm Alice Bradley, Lifehacker's deputy editor.

1:12.9

And today we're talking about money.

1:14.8

Specifically, we're talking about totally changing your relationship to money,

1:18.9

changing how you think of what your time is worth and what living a rich, full life actually

1:23.5

means.

1:24.6

You may have heard of a community that's very active on Reddit and is pretty fixated on

1:28.7

thinking about freedom from paid employment.

1:31.3

They're called the fire community.

1:33.5

Fire stands for financially independent, retire early.

1:37.2

Sounds pretty good to me.

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