I’ve never climbed extreme mountains. The idea of risking hypothermia, frostbite, and deadly falls never appealed to me. But I do love the outdoors, hiking, and ascending less risky peaks. And I love comparing the climb towards financial independence to the thrill of climbing a real mountain. But there’s a problem comparing financial climbs to real climbs. [Continue Reading]
Early Retirement: Simple Math = Shorter Path
Early retirement is a primary theme at coachcarson.com. Too often money and work get in the way of what matters, and early retirement is a way to reprioritize and move past money in order to free up more time for life. What matters is very personal to you. It can be high-minded, like starting a movement to change [Continue Reading]
Simplicity: An Uncommon Path to Freedom
On July 4, 1845, an eccentric and unconventional 27-year-old began a two-year experiment in simplicity. The man’s name was Henry David Thoreau, and the location of his experiment was on the shore of Walden Pond outside of Concord, Massachusetts. On a 14 acre parcel of land owned by his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau built [Continue Reading]
How Money Supports Life
[Rich Dad] thought it foolish to spend your life working for money and to pretend that money was not important. Rich Dad believed life was more important than money, but money was important for supporting life.” Robert Kiyosaki, Cashflow Quadrant We don’t need to worship money. Far from it. But like Rich Dad said, it’s foolish [Continue Reading]
How to Achieve True Financial Security
Many of us have been conditioned from our earliest days to think about job security, rather than financial security or financial freedom. And because most of us learn little to nothing about money at home or at school, it is only natural than many of us cling even more tightly to the idea of job [Continue Reading]
Active or Passive: Do You Know Your Investor Type?
Investing legend Benjamin Graham (a mentor to Warren Buffett) divided investors into two categories: Passive (defensive) investors Active (aggressive) investors Do you know which one you are? Whether you invest in real estate or something else, this is an important choice. According to Graham in The Intelligent Investor, passive investors want “freedom from effort, annoyance, and [Continue Reading]
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