Financial Independence Podcast

Early Retirement Extreme - A Systems Approach to Lifestyle Design

Jan 19, 2021

53:36

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Episode notes

What Is the System Theory?

02:04

Spending Equals Happiness

02:22

How to Get the Best Return on Your Money

04:11

Introduction

2min

What Was That Experience Like for a Quant Trader?

1min

The Great Credit Crisis

6min

Did Your Time in the Industry Affect Your Personal Investments?

2min

What Was the Fire Movement Like?

4min

Investing Your Own Portfolio?

4min

You Can Sell Fail in Two Ways

5min

Is This a Paradime Shifting Event?

5min

The Financial Inevitability of Pandemics

4min

10.

How to Get the Best Return on Your Money

4min

11.

What Is the System Theory?

2min

12.

Spending Equals Happiness

2min

13.

Is Your System Changing?

3min

14.

What's Your Life Like Since You've Been a Quantist?

5min

15.

Getting Rich With a Selys Fancy Tere the Met

2min

16.

Is the Forum Still the Best Way to Post Questions and Get Answers?

2min

On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I finally got to interview the person who introduced me to the concept of financial independence and early retirement in the first place…

Jacob Lund Fisker from Early Retirement Extreme!

To my mind, Jacob is the founder of the modern-day “FIRE movement” so hope you enjoy the interview!

Highlights

What Jacob has been up to since stepping away from ERE
His experience being a financial quant and how it impacted his personal investing
The problem with set-it-and-forget-it index investing
The importance of staying flexible with your investing strategy
Predictions for the next decade and the post-COVID world
A systems approach to lifestyle design and why it’s beneficial
Jacob’s thoughts on early retirement how they’ve changed since publishing Early Retirement Extreme
His current projects and his plans for the future