Cody Berman and Justin Taylor believe in the concept of "Financial Independence For All". The Financial Independence Show focuses on REAL stories of individuals on their journey to financial independence. Each episode aims to include actionable insights and takeaways for listeners to implement into their own financial situation.
The podcast covers topics like building wealth, entrepreneurship, investing, money mindset, small business, frugality, geoarbitrage, side hustles, real estate, productivity, travel, and so much more.
Sit back, tune in, and join a community of like-minded people who are changing their lives through financial independence.
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Cody Berman and Justin Taylor believe in the concept of "Financial Independence For All". The Financial Independence Show focuses on REAL stories of individuals on their journey to financial independence. Each episode aims to include actionable insights and takeaways for listeners to implement into their own financial situation.
The podcast covers topics like building wealth, entrepreneurship, investing, money mindset, small business, frugality, geoarbitrage, side hustles, real estate, productivity, travel, and so much more.
Sit back, tune in, and join a community of like-minded people who are changing their lives through financial independence.
The 12 money lessons as a play on the 12 days of Christmas.
These are some of the most foundational takeaways we've realized during our financial journey.
We truly believe if you master these lessons, you'll have a clear path to hitting your money goals.
12 Money Lessons We Cover:
Retirement is a number, not an age
4% rule or cash flow method
Your first investment should be in yourself
$10K toward self-betterment will likely go a lot further than it will in the S&P or RE at the beginning of your journey
Compound interest is insane
Investing $500 a month from 25 - 45 and then stopping will give you ~$1M in retirement at 65. Investing $1,000 a month from 45-65 will give you only $500,000. Start Early.
The 80/20 of spending
Focusing on the “big 3” (housing, transportation, food) will do way more for you than penny-pinching in other categories
There’s no “right way” to reach financial independence
If someone tells you the X is the only way, they’re lying or trying to sell you something. Can be done via index funds, RE, corporate job, digital products, etc.
Action > Information
You will learn way more by actually doing the thing, than reading books, listening to podcasts, or watching YouTube videos about it.
Now is not a bad time to start
Almost anytime you look back 4 years at investing you’ll wish you would have bought even more which is just a sure sign that if you feel like you need to wait to invest, you’re probably wrong
Do the experience
You’ll probably never regret the money spent on a memorable activity with friends and family
It’s not about the money
Yes, you’ll need to focus on money for a while and build up a nest egg but it the end the money is just a tool to give you the freedom to focus on the things you really care about, it’s not about lavishness or material obsession. Saving up a ton of money doesn’t make you a greedy person
Don’t make a plan, make a contract
Investing will have turbulence and that’s when people are most likely to make bad decisions. This happens when we let our emotions get involved. Instead of making a general plan, make some hard contractual-type promises with yourself so that when times get tough, you don’t even consider making rash decisions
You’ll adjust to anything
This can be an advantage or disadvantage. The advantage is that you can live a lifestyle very different to others and find that you can still reach a very high level of happiness. The disadvantage comes when we have lifestyle inflation and our spending keeps increasing but the novelty wears off and we don’t feel any different but our spending has increased dramatically
You can’t know where to go, if you don’t know where you are
Getting an accurate state of your finances and spending is critical. You don’t have to fixate on creating a budget right away but definitely track your spending with extreme accuracy for a few months so you have real data to work with
It’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep (there are people making $200k living paycheck to paycheck, and people making $50k saving 50%)
Be informed
I try not to tell people what they can and can’t spend money on,
The Financial Independence Show
Cody Berman and Justin Taylor believe in the concept of "Financial Independence For All". The Financial Independence Show focuses on REAL stories of individuals on their journey to financial independence. Each episode aims to include actionable insights and takeaways for listeners to implement into their own financial situation.
The podcast covers topics like building wealth, entrepreneurship, investing, money mindset, small business, frugality, geoarbitrage, side hustles, real estate, productivity, travel, and so much more.
Sit back, tune in, and join a community of like-minded people who are changing their lives through financial independence.
