Afford Anything
You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life.How do we make smarter decisions? How do we think from first principles?On the surface, Afford Anything seems like a podcast about money and investing.But under the hood, this is a show about how to think critically, recognize our behavioral blind spots, and make smarter choices. We’re into the psychology of money, and we love metacognition: thinking about how to think.In some episodes, we interview world-class experts: professors, researchers, scientists, authors. In other episodes, we answer your questions, talking through decision-making frameworks and mental models.Want to learn more? Download our free book, Escape, at http://affordanything.com/escape. Hosted by Paula Pant.
Latest episodes
Mar 14, 2016 • 1h 10min
How Aaron Epstein Went from Side Hustler to Selling a Multi-Million Dollar Company
#16: Aaron Epstein shares his story of shoveling snow as a kid to launching a profitable website during college to selling a multi-million dollar company. For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 7, 2016 • 57min
Ask Us Anything #2 - Dollar Cost Averaging, Pay off Debt or Invest
#15: Q&A #2 with Paula, the analytical one, and J. Money, the heart of your M.O.N.E.Y. Team Follow along with the answers: https://affordanything.com/episode15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 29, 2016 • 1h
So You Want to Be a Blogger?
#14: Can you make money as a blogger? How? We share the good and bad reasons for choosing to go into blogging. Send us your questions or comments https://affordanything.com/episode14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2016 • 1h 8min
How to Destroy Your Stupid Debt, with Steve Stewart (and the controversy around Dave Ramsey!)
#13: Steve and his wife got on the Dave Ramsey plan and they paid off their house! Plus, you'll want to check out Steve's little coaching trick of Rent vs Buy vs Invest. For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 15, 2016 • 1h 8min
Ask Us Anything #1 - Student Loan Help, Tax Hacks, Time Management Tips and REITs
#12: It's time to pick the brains of Paula and J. Money with our first ever "ASK US ANYTHING" episode. Follow along with the answers: http://affordanything.com/episode12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 12, 2016 • 55min
Making $100k from eBay and Airbnb with Jay & Ryanne
#11: Jay and Ryanne have created a beautiful life for themselves scavenging for resale items in rural areas and renting houses in the Shenandoah National Park area of VA. Read more at https://affordanything.com/episode11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 10, 2016 • 57min
From Millionaire to Broke, Plus the Habits of the Rich, with Tom Corley
#10: OMG! It's Tom Corley, the RICH HABITS guy! Jay is having a heart attack. Tom Corley studied self-made millionaires and poor people to come up with some interesting results. He wrote about it in a story called "Rich Habits". Tom shares his story of being well off as a child before his dad lost everything. Then he worked hard to bring himself up to not-broke status and on to becoming an accountant. After studying some of his clients he expanded to 233 self-made millionaires and 150 poor people. The results of those studies were very telling - but nobody really cared about it. Then he got a break when Farnoosh Torabi did a segment about the Rich Habits on Yahoo Finance. The rest is history in the making. Watch for Tom Corley's new book - Change Your Habits, Change Your Life - which gives more of the "how to" rich habit change. You can find it at http://ChangeYourHabitsBook.com For links to some of Jay's favorite Tom Corley articles, visit https://affordanything.com/episode10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 8, 2016 • 1h 11min
Tools We Use to Kick Ass and Grow Wealth
#9: Checking, savings, investment accounts, car insurance, credit cards, even umbrella insurance - it's all covered in this episode. These are the financial tools Jay Money and Paula Pant use. For a complete list of resources, visit https://affordanything.com/episode9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 5, 2016 • 51min
How Jay Became a Half-a-Millionaire -- and Why He Wants You to Track Your Net Worth
#8: J. Money is a HALF-MILLY! He loves to share his journey to growing net worth on his blog, as well as the net worth of 180 other financial bloggers. See the short list and find links to resources by visiting the blog at https://affordanything.com/episode8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 3, 2016 • 60min
The Mad Fientist Reveals the Science of Financial Independence
#7: One of the M.O.N.E.Y. Show's favorite personal finance bloggers joins Paula and J. Money to talk about retiring early and hacking your HSA. For full show notes with links to resources, visit https://affordanything.com/episode7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
