Category: F.I. Mindset
Financial Independence Remain Employed
Who says that you need to quit your job once you become rich? The good part of being wealthy is choosing your own destiny. Many of us find solace in the daily grind. We have worked in the workforce for many years and have built a solid reputation. We want the ability to retire whenever…
Getting Married? 10 Financial Questions to Ask Your Future Spouse
Ah, the dream of marriage. We all go into marriage thinking of love, romance, kids, and vacations. These amazing dreams can become a reality, but it requires planning. Before we marry, we don’t want to break the illusion by talking about “business” or “money.” However, these are massive topics that we need to discuss. Most…
Don’t Work Hard For Money; Work for Income-Producing Assets
We all want to work hard and contribute to society as a whole. Well, most of us want to do this. However, working hard to pay our expenses will never allow us to get ahead of the financial power curve. The problem with working for money, or exchanging time for money, is that once you…
Choose Your Passive Income Adventure 3
Life is as simple or complex as we choose to make it. Unfortunately, if you want to make a lot of money, you will need to complicate your life. Building passive income requires knowledge, but that doesn’t mean it has to be difficult. Many people have limiting beliefs that prevent them from earning dividends, rents,…
The Magic of Cash Flow
Cash flow is the river of income that keeps a business afloat and running smoothly. Cash flow is the lifeblood of a household that allows everyone to flourish and succeed without daily financial stress. What is Cash Flow? Simply, cash flow is the difference between your income and expenses. The more cash flow you generate,…
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs 102: Investing in the Stock Market
Everyone should have at least a small presence in the stock market. However, I understand most people have a paralyzing fear of losing money. Thus, when it comes to investing in the stock market, a couple of paranoias are at play. First is the fear of losing money, and the second is the lack of…
The American Dream Costs $5 Million
The world set us up for failure from the minute we left the house at age 18. I joined the US Marine Corps ten days after high school thinking I would eventually live the American dream. I got married at age 25, had my first boy at age 25, and bought a house at age…
5 Takeaways from “The 4 Stages of Building Wealth”
“The Four Stages of Building Wealth” by H.J. Cammas guides us through the stages of living on earned income to living on “unearned” income entirely. At this point, we will be considered financially free. Unearned income is money that our investments produce, otherwise known as passive income. Passive income is one of my favorite topics,…
Top 15 Financial Books of All-Time
How do you decide on the top financial books of all time? You look at the philosophies that helped you create wealth in your life and where they originated. Sometimes when you read many books (I have read 110), the ideas become jumbled together into one big ball of thoughts and passions. However, it’s good…
My 7 Principles of Wealth
To become wealthy, you need a foundational belief system. Yes, you can have the physical steps like paying off your credit cards, but there has to be a shift in mindset. Without a divergent belief system, the world of consumerism and materialism will overtake your goals. I previously wrote about my core values of passive…
To Be Truly Free 2: You’ll Need $20,000 a Month in Passive Income
My article “To Be Truly Free: You’ll Need $20,000/Month in Passive Income” is consistently one of my most read articles. People love to debate that they can live on much less money than this. Okay, I’ll bite. I can admit that I can live an extraordinary life at $8,000/month of passive income. I already have…
Art Edition- The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 2!
INTRODUCTION 00 000 The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 2! FINANCIAL MINDSET 01 001 A High-Value Person: Passively Earns $100,000 Annually 01 002 A Child’s First Book on Passive Income 01 003 Are Fitness & Finance Correlated? 01 004 Become a Lifelong Learner. Become Rich. 01 005 Become CEO of Yourself 2 01 006…
Struggle-Mania: 12 Reasons Why You Love Being Broke
Being broke, having no money, and living paycheck-to-paycheck must be an amazing experience! Why do I say this? Because so many people are making a choice to live this way. That’s the only reason I see why people born in the land of opportunity (USA) live in poverty or below the middle class. Here we…
5 Takeaways from “How to Not Die Alone”
“How to Not Die Alone” by Logan Ury is mainly for singles seeking love and relationships. However, if you are married (like me), there is still a lot of goodness in this book. Much of the dating process and mate selection has moved to the online space via apps and websites. With this massive change,…
Should Both Parents Work?
This article will ruffle some feathers, but it is a topic we must discuss. Most of us never had the option to leave one parent at home, so the question is irrelevant. However, what can we do to give our children this option in the future? I recently finished the fantastic book “The Two-Income Trap”…
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs 101: Defeating Self-Doubt
This series will probably be one of the most important I will write over the next few years. Limiting beliefs are the main hindrance between us and happiness. We know we want to achieve specific objectives, but something (mentally) holds us back. To overcome limiting beliefs, we need to understand them, then counteract them. It…
505 Takeaways from 101 Books
Can reading 101 books make you rich? Yes, yes it can! 001 10 Other Investments You Can Do 002 40 Ways to Increase Net Income of Your Rental Property 003 A Trader’s First Book on Commodities 004 Amazon Keywords for Books 005 An Expat’s Experiences of Living in Turkey 006 Apartment Gardening 007 Artificial Intelligence,…
Freedom Calls: No Freakin’ Way I Am Working 25 More Years 2
Can you imagine waiting until age 66 (according to current social security protocols) to retire? Currently, I am 41 years old, so that would be another 25 years of grinding in the workforce. Do you know what I say to that scenario? No freakin’ way!! I am not spending another 25 years going to work,…
Financial Independence 104: What is Financial Independence?
It has been 15 months since I last updated the Financial Independence 101 series (101, 102, 103), and wow, has a lot happened over this period. For ordinary people, 15 months doesn’t seem like much time. For those seeking financial independence, 15 months is a lifetime. Why the disparity? Financial Independence seekers leverage every minute…
Happiness Isn’t Free 2: Pursue Money for Freedom Not Happiness
Can money make you happy? This is the age-old question that almost everyone has to contemplate. If you got a million dollars tomorrow, would you be happy? Sure, you would be happy at the moment, but would that “happiness” last for the next 10, 20, 30 years? For some, it would, but the thrill of…
