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:
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
