On today's episode, Adam Coelho is joined by his good friend Susie Ade. Susie works as a global program manager for driving mental health and wellbeing programs for Google's data centers and is a certified professional coactive coach. Together, they discuss the FIRE movement, designing your life and career in a way as if you've already reached financial independence.
Key Takeaways
- Developing a FIRE mindset can help you change your life
- Design your life and career in a way as if you've already reached financial independence
- Pull in from the future what you think you want and bring it into your life right now
- Live every day and align with what's most important and brings you the most joy and connection.
- Find joy in maximizing your savings rate by optimizing for what brings you the most joy.
Guest Bio
Susie Ade joined Google eight and a half years ago and has had a career across sales, marketing, trust and safety, and learning and development. She is currently working towards becoming a certified professional coactive coach and coaches people at Google and outside of Google. She is also a facilitator for Search Inside Yourself, a leadership and emotional intelligence course that teaches emotional intelligence through mindfulness. Susie and her husband are working towards achieving financial independence through a mixed strategy of taking high risks and investing in low cost index funds.
Resources & Books Mentioned
Connect with Susie
Susie Ade on LinkedIn
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