117 : Retiring Early, Discovering Enough & Practicing Generosity with Nirav Shah

On today's episode, I'm joined by my  friend Nirav Shah. Nirav is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher, and he started the meditation blog, meditativeman.org. After retiring at the age of 49 from a career in technology.

Nirav is extremely passionate about helping people find the elusive peace within and to that end has recently written and released a book called Shortcut to Serenity.

In today's conversation we discuss:

• How Nirav retired early from his career in technology
• What led Nirav to give up his successful business to retire early
• What Nirav is up to in retirement
• Why generosity and philanthropy are so powerful
• "The Mexican Fisherman Story"
• What is enough?
• Nirav's thoughts on "Generational Wealth"
• The importance of financial literacy
• Second generation financial independence

Connect with Nirav

- Nirav's New Book - Shortcut to Serenity

- Nirav's Website - meditativeman.org

- Nirav's Free Guided Meditations

- Nirav Shah on LinkedIn

Links and Resources

- Episode 35 with JG Larochette of The Mindful LIfe Project

- Choose FI Podcast

- Free Financial Independence 101 Training

- Free Choose FI Pre-k - 12 Financial Literacy Curriculum

- Foodforthoughtdenver.org

Books Mentioned

- The Simple Path to Wealth

- Shortcut to Serenity

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