Welcome to episode 5 out of 5 in our special five part series that we are airing in

anticipation of episode 500. Every day for five days we run one of five episodes that we originally aired during the earliest days of the Afford Anything podcast, either 2016 or 2017.

Back in those early days, you might not have heard these interviews,

and so we're running this special five-part series

in the lead up to an anticipation of episode 500 we're going to

celebrate episode 500 that milestone on 424 April 24th 2024 as part of a retrospective, as part of a lead up to that, we are sharing

the special five-part series and today's episode is the interview with Vicky Robin, the co-author of Your Money or Your Life,

which is one of the most influential books in the world of financial independence. Now, Vicky Robin and her late co-author, Joe

Dominguez, united over a definition of financial independence that expanded beyond simply paying your bills

through savings and investments. They saw financial independence, F. I, as a lifestyle that

exists in multiple dimensions, your financial

intelligence, your financial integrity, your financial independence, and your

financial interdependence.

They originally published a book about this

called Your Money or Your Life.

They wrote this in 1992.

And in that book, they outlined the Financial Independence philosophy.

That book went on to become a mega bestseller.

It sold more than 1 million copies.

It spent more than 5 years on the Business Week bestseller list and Oprah Winfrey said,

quote, this is a wonderful book. It can really change your life.

Vicky and Joe then devoted the next five years to spreading the message of financial independence,

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