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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