Episode 618 | How to Achieve Financial Freedom

In episode 618, join Rob Walling as he chats with Sam Dogen, the founder of Financial Samurai, which is one of the longest-running and most popular personal finance blogs. Over the last 13 years, Sam has personally written over 2,500 essays along with a Wall Street Journal Bestselling book. We talk about achieving financial freedom, money mindsets, and relentless execution.

Topics we cover: 

• 3:12- The 4% Rule 
• 4:40- Sam’s alternative approach to the 4% Rule 
• 7:25- The FIRE Movement 
• 10:16- How to navigate the US health insurance system as an early retiree 
• 12:10- Sam’s relentless execution when it comes to running Financial Samurai 
• 17:40- How Sam learned about personal finance 
• 18:47- How Sam negotiated a severance package despite quitting his investment banking job 
• 22:47- Why he runs Financial Samurai as a true lifestyle business 
• 26:07- Would Sam sell Financial Samurai for $20 million? 
• 27:35- The premise of Sam’s new book 
• 28:46- Sam’s mental model for allocating financial assets to generate passive income 

Links from the Show:

• Sam Dogen (@financialsamura) I Twitter
• Financial Samurai  
• Buy This, Not That  
• TropicalMBA 
• MicroConf Europe 
• Applications for TinySeed’s Fall 2022 SaaS Accelerators Will Open September 12th
• MicroConf Youtube Channel 

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