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  • Three Key Principles Of ‘Future Self’ Thinking

    Three Key Principles Of ‘Future Self’ Thinking

    One of the most powerful concepts I’ve ever come across in my years of studying and thinking about personal finance issues is the concept of the “future self”. “Future self” is pretty much exactly what you think it is: It’s you at some point in the future. It’s not an optimistic version of your future…


  • Early Retirement Is Not For Everyone

    Early Retirement Is Not For Everyone

    I had a great lunch today with an old friend of mine. We used to work together and he was a couple of decades older than I was, so today he’s actually starting to see retirement on the short term horizon. He was interested in what my life was like as a self-employed person who…