Reframing Your Life for Financial Independence with Brad Barrett
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Do finances stress you out? You’re not alone. Most of us aren’t clear about what we have to do to achieve financial independence. The average 50-year-old has about 50K in savings. Most millennials are not saving at all. The majority of family households don’t even have a budget to know what they’re spending on.
Money problems wreak havoc on our physical and mental wellbeing as well as our relationships. The best time to take control and be intentional about financial independence is right now.
Financial legend, Brad Barrett, returns to The Dad Edge. He’s the cohost of the Choose FI Podcast, the co-author of Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence, and cofounder of a financial independence movement that has spread worldwide.
Brad went from being a full-time CPA to retired and financially independent at the age of 35. Now he empowers others to design their paths to financial independence.
Today, Brad gives us simple, actionable steps you can take right now to cut expenses, save money, and build wealth without feeling deprived. He also talks about how to get your spouse in on the game to use your financial plan to bring you closer.
It’s not about what you’ll be giving up, it’s about making your life better. Don’t waste another day or another cent. It’s time to build a lifestyle according to what you value most.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:28.0 | What's going on guys? What's going on guys? |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dadage Podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Larry Hagner. |
| 0:32.0 | I am your host and founder of this show this movement this community and if you're |
| 0:36.2 | here welcome honored to have you honored to have you listen I've got an epic |
| 0:40.7 | conversation for you today with an absolute financial legend and the question |
| 0:47.1 | I have for you guys today. |
| 0:49.3 | Do finances stress you out? |
| 0:52.0 | Maybe a little? Maybe a lot? I don't know. Today's statistics |
| 0:56.8 | will absolutely blow your mind. The average 50-year-old only has about 50,000 in |
| 1:02.3 | savings give or take. |
| 1:04.0 | A lot of millennials aren't saving any of their money right now. |
| 1:08.0 | The one-third of all households prepare a monthly budget so basically 66% of households have no clue |
| 1:17.8 | what's going on with their money which is kind of a scary thing right so the |
| 1:22.4 | here's the problem though. The problem is that we were never |
| 1:26.3 | taught this stuff growing up. Last time I looked, the majority of public school |
| 1:30.9 | systems don't teach personal finance. Even private school |
| 1:35.0 | sector doesn't really overwhelmingly teach personal finance and then they |
| 1:39.8 | really don't teach it in college either, however they absolutely should. I think some schools are coming around, but for the most part most of us are out here blind. |
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