Jared Dillian is a writer, strategist, financial expert, public speaker, and author of four books, including No Worries: How To Live a Stress-Free Financial Life (out this month!). He joins us to discuss why you should never loan money to your friends or family, why the FIRE movement is a fast track to a miserable life, the hidden costs of being cheap, and MUCH more! Important Links:

• No Worries: How To Live a Stress-Free Financial Life
• Jared’s Website
• Jared’s Twitter
• Daily Dirtnap
• We’re Gonna Get Those Bastards
• Jared Dillian Money

Show Notes:

• From Coast Guard, to Wall Street, to Writer
• “I am not in the money business—I am in the happy business”
• The Awesome Portfolio
• Stop Worrying About Small Financial Decisions
• The Biggest Financial Decisions You Will Ever Make
• Keep Your Finances Separate From Your Partner; Never Loan Friends or Family Money
• To Make Money, You Have to Want Money
• Generational Attitudes to Money
• Being Wealthy vs Being Rich
• Blowing Up Your Identity
• Improving Financial Education
• Why Investing Should Be Hard
• The Hidden Costs of Being Cheap
• Why People Are Scared of Entrepreneurship
• The Worst Financial Decision Jared Has Ever Made
• Jared as Emperor of the World
• MORE!

Books Mentioned:

• No Worries: How To Live a Stress-free Financial Life; by Jared Dillian
• Those Bastards: 69 Essays on Life, Creativity, and Meaning; by Jared Dillian
• All The Evil of This World; by Jared Dillian
• Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers; by Jared Dillian
• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!; by Robert T. Kiyosaki
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; by Stephen R. Covey