The Mindful FIRE Podcast 117 : Retiring Early, Discovering Enough & Practicing Generosity with Nirav Shah
On today's episode, I'm joined by my friend Nirav Shah. Nirav is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher, and he started the meditation blog, meditativeman.org. After retiring at the age of 49 from a career in technology.
Nirav is extremely passionate about helping people find the elusive peace within and to that end has recently written and released a book called Shortcut to Serenity.
In today's conversation we discuss:
- How Nirav retired early from his career in technology
- What led Nirav to give up his successful business to retire early
- What Nirav is up to in retirement
- Why generosity and philanthropy are so powerful
- "The Mexican Fisherman Story"
- What is enough?
- Nirav's thoughts on "Generational Wealth"
- The importance of financial literacy
- Second generation financial independence
Connect with Nirav
- Nirav's New Book - Shortcut to Serenity
- Nirav's Website - meditativeman.org
- Nirav's Free Guided Meditations
Links and Resources
- Episode 35 with JG Larochette of The Mindful LIfe Project
- Free Financial Independence 101 Training
- Free Choose FI Pre-k - 12 Financial Literacy Curriculum
Books Mentione
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