• How to Achieve Financial Independence and Retire Early

  • By: JD Roth, The Great Courses
  • Narrated by: JD Roth
  • Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,635 ratings)

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How to Achieve Financial Independence and Retire Early

By: JD Roth, The Great Courses
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Publisher's summary

We all make poor financial decisions sometimes. No one knows this better than J.D. Roth.

In 2004, deep in financial debt, Roth resolved to turn things around. Reading every money book he could, and putting that knowledge into practice, he dug himself out of debt and built enough wealth to retire early. He is now, at the age of 51, financially independent - and on a mission to help others achieve financial freedom, too. No gimmicks, no games. Just proven methods that work.

In this audiobook, Roth takes you inside the trending world of financial independence and early retirement, giving you the tools both to achieve financial independence and to improve the quality of your everyday life. You'll explore the ins and outs of the "FIRE movement", a collection of ideas and habits that allow people to manage their money so they can quit working while they're young. You'll consider the shockingly simple math behind financial freedom. You'll also examine the philosophy and psychology of how - and why - we spend, save, and invest.

Financial freedom is possible. And no matter what your goals are, these 10 lessons will bring you closer than ever to achieving what that freedom means: happiness, fulfillment, and a rich life.

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About the Creator and Performer

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal finance expert. In 2006, he started the award-winning GetRichSlowly.org, which Money magazine named the web’s most inspiring personal finance blog. In 2009, he published Your Money: The Missing Manual, which Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly called “the best user-guide to personal finance I’ve found.” For four years, Roth contributed the Your Money column to Entrepreneur magazine.

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Life changer I’m a CEO of a tech start up Efexzium

And this book has changed my freaking life I wish it was available in Spanish many millions of people need to hear about this!

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Most Important Revelation

Investing $1000 every month for 25 years in a low cost S&P 500 index fund at 10% return = $1.27 million.

This was by far the biggest revelation from this course. Good luck everyone!

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Great Place to Start

This is a great intro to financial wealth. The author was fair in his approach to a lot of the topics. I'd recommend this to pretty much anybody.

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Awesome

Sir. JD Roth ! your book is hell yeah 🤩
Thanks for the effort

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Solid and enjoyable

This book was easy to listen to without zoning out or getting bored. Solid financial principles are conveyed for beginners and young adults.

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Easy listen. Great tips!

The author gave great tops to get started on the path to financial independence and retirement. Easy to follow and understand!

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Loved it

So simple yet so full of valuable lessons. Although I didn’t agree with everything, I think all lessons were good for most people and it really makes you think about the time value of money. Easy listening too. Recommended.

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Retirement strategy 101

If you've never thought about retirement before, this will help frame the problem.

But it may feel too basic for folks who already have retirement funds, who think about how to increase income and cut costs, etc..

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I needed this!

It is never too late, and I believe that! It is a great eye opening book!

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Eye opening

There were some things in this book that I had to idea about and it has opened my mind up to new and rewarding possibilities. It breaks down the savings part for me which I really needed to know and the wealth snowball was an excellent chapter that I had to reheat at least twice. Overall, this book has been very insightful and I now understand a lot more about money and how I can continue to use this tool to my advantage.

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