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The pursuit of financial independence (FI) is a journey that promises freedom, security, and the ability to live life on your own terms. However, this path isn’t always straightforward—nor without pitfalls.
It’s tempting to focus solely on...
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Medical education requires thousands upon thousands of hours spent studying topics like anatomy, physiology, genetics, kinesiology, and pathology. Taking a detailed history, ordering the right lab work, and requesting the appropriate imaging studies all have one...
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Are your children the reason that you can’t afford to save and invest for financial freedom—or the reason you can’t afford not to?
I usually write with a very specific audience in mind—the median wage earner young...
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It's never too early to educate yourself about financial independence and the tactics you need to achieve financial freedom.While in college, work on building or improving your credit score by monitoring your spending habits and...
Want a personalized financial independence plan that’ll get you closer to early retirement? Well, we’ve got just what you’re looking for! On this second annual “Financial Independence Day,” Mindy and Scott are sharing a new way to get...
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“Thank you for your hard work today, Connor. I will see you tomorrow. Here are your tips,” my new boss said to me after my first day as a busboy at Outback Steakhouse. I quickly drove...
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Spoiler alert: Drew and Scott Hoefler still work today.
Except now it’s by choice.
Now in their early 30s, the twins live and invest in the Twin Cities, and a decade ago never even considered a career in...
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Key Takeaways
A strategy defines your long-term goals and how you’re planning to achieve them. It is the big-picture objective and the overarching themes of how you’ll pursue it.Strategy and tactics are equally important, but the order...
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What’s your number? No. I do not want your phone number. I’m talking about your freedom number.
Freedom number—what is that, you ask? If you don’t know, you’ve been thinking about your finances all wrong. Let me...
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I needed a new audiobook. In the year and a half since my first daughter had been born, I’d read three or four parenting books. These covered topics like brain development and the traits that will...