The Personal Finance Podcast, Early Retirement, And Fat FIRE | MHFI 144

Doug and Carl interview Andrew Giancola, host of the wildly successful Personal Finance Podcast.

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Early Retirement

• How to start on an early retirement journey
• How much you should have saved by certain ages
• How to create a bigger gap in income and expenses
• The 3 Horsemen of the FI-pocalypse: housing, cars, and food

Making $100,000 A Year

• How to get promoted
• Doug and Carl's best tips for success on the job

Personal Finance Podcast

• Goals of the show
• Imposter syndrome
• The meaning of wealth

Links

• The personal finance podcast
• Master Money
• Mr. Money Mustache: The schockingly simple math behind early retirement
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1500 Days, Carl's Blog about Early Retirement

Email us here: [email protected] or [email protected]   0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Who is Andrew Giancola 5:10 - Time management 8:14 Andrew's corporate job 10:19 - Tips for approaching early retirement 15:06 - Andrew's beginnings 16:15 -Why retiring early is not for everyone 19:06 - Lifestyle inflation 23:18 - Splurging 24:14 - Andrew's take on frugality 26:16 - How much do you save in certain ages of life 32:15 - Income vs. expenses gap 38:54 - FI framework and how to get promoted 49:05 - Protecting assets 54:19 - Goals 55:39 - Imposter syndrome 59:00 - The meaning of wealth 1:00:19 - The perfect day