A common man’s journey... YOUR ROAD MAP TO ACHIEVING FINANCIAL FREEDOM AND LIVING YOUR DREAMS Financial freedom is not defined by your net worth or your social status. It does not matter how much you earn – what matters is how much you can save and invest wisely. The secret to financial freedom is learning the basic concepts of planning well and adopting the right attitude. But how does one achieve this? Written by a common man for the common man, this book will help you lead a financially independent and conscious life. Everyone around us is trapped in a mindless rat race. If you’ve resolved to take control of your finances and construct a personal finance plan, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom is a good starting point.
Want to be financially secure way before normal retirement age? This book is a Must Read! Out of the Rat Race is the book which gives you the foundations to get financially independent on auto-pilot. Through entertaining stories, Eric leads us to rediscover what money really is, helps us build a bulletproof attitude to overcome adversity, shares a new light on personal finances, and then... we jump! A new world opens up, made of human capital, a view on employment like never seen before, a step by step guide for operating profitably a side property business, and a refreshing take on debt. In this book, debt surprisingly becomes a tool to improve oneself, not a hindrance. Eric also takes us way beyond mere concepts by sharing with us over 20 years of learning, tricks and investments. A first very badly executed deal soon transforms into a succession of better and better investments, all made thanks to sophisticated simulators, and zero down payment. A lot of Rich Dad Poor Dad's Robert Kiyosaki's timeless ideas are floating in the background of these investments, but the originality is how the investment process was systematically built and improved via sophisticated simulators, to the point where the risk is totally controlled. Finally, Eric shares his most important findings during his quest to financial freedom, and helps you ask the right questions for being financially free and becoming a better person. This book tells you all you need to know on your arduous journey to financial freedom in order to pause, reflect, analyse, take action, succeed, deal with failure, learn, and improve beyond all expectations, to finally get financially free, out of the Rat Race, and become the best person you could ever be. This is not "just another" FIRE (Financial Independence Retire early) template book, as you will find very little recipes for saving and being thrifty in there. And it does not promote a lifestyle first approach, such as advocated by Tim Ferris's 4 hour workweek for example. On the contrary, you will find stories and advices relating to money management, personal finance, and personal success, that you can read again in 10 years, and they will not loose any of their value. Out of the Rat Race is the book which gives you the foundations to get financially independent on auto-pilot, and to allow you getting out of the Rat Race, from the financial freedom door first.
Has Your Life Been Conscripted by an Economic Religion? Learn How to Free Yourself and Your Life Through the Power of Fastlane Entrepreneurship By all appearances, Jeff and Samantha Trotman are living the American Dream. But behind the white picket fence, they endure an American Nightmare. With little time for each other, a pile of debt, and Ferrari taste on a Ford budget, the ruse of affluence is killing them. Two respectable jobs and a lovely suburban house paint a pretty picture, but behind the ink is a broken marriage rife with meaningless work and dead dreams. And now, with an unplanned pregnancy, they're facing a mid-life crisis twenty years early. With little time and looming bankruptcy, the Trotmans are forced to face the red-pill truth they long denied: They were alive, but they weren't living. Determined to resurrect their life and their marriage, the Trotmans plot a rat-race escape-only to find themselves more thickly in it. As tensions rise and hope fades, follow along step-by-step as the Trotmans pivot to a new strategy and a new career: starting a business as entrepreneurs. While they navigate their journey, you'll learn 120 wealth-building strategies and principles that your mainstream financial guru won't dare reveal-actionable concepts that will help you profit your way into the Unscripted 1%, an emerging economic class of entrepreneurs who enjoy a lifetime of freedom emancipated from miserly living and Wall Street's "save, pray, and wait" paradigm. Discover how one family escapes the rat-race grind and wins a lifetime of financial freedom, leaving behind the tyranny of meaningless jobs and mediocre living- and how you can too. Here is just a little of what you will learn: The Bad Math Principle: Why most people will never escape the rat-race, much less earn financial freedom. The 1/5/10 Strategy: How this one simple exercise will unearth your ultimate dream life while establishing a decision framework for its reality. The Honeypot Principle: Why the financial media's "invest a $100/mo for 40 years in indexed-funds" narrative is part of the same rat-race scheme, just a different side of the same rigged coin. The Dual Change Strategy: The two divergent sides of change and how it can make you a fortune. The Value Skew Strategy: How to find literally 1000s of business ideas and why you never need to "disrupt" or invent anything new or novel. The Millionaire Payday Strategy: How to spot opportunities to hire yourself and earn an instant millionaire-making income. The Cinderella Principle: Why starting a business based on a cultural trend or a fad is a horrible idea. The Perseverance Strategy: Never struggle with motivation again; the four necessary ingredients to tap into unlimited motivation and determination, regardless of the obstacles in your way. The Triangulated Value Strategy: Learn how to never quit three-feet from gold: The 3-pronged strategy in maximizing marketing yields while also illuminating the "quit or continue" decision. and over 110+ more! Don't let the rat-race and its co-conspirators proclaim your life as non-essential. Don't let the rat-race entice you to save your life away for the promise of an elderly retirement. Don't let the rat-race lull you into a tedious existence medicated by television, video games, and trivial sporting events. Go Unscripted, escape the rat-race, and win your happily-ever-after.
How do you get a child interested in learning about finance? Give them a comic book! Robert Kiyosaki, author of the Rich Dad series, recognised the increasing need for people to begin their their journey to financial literacy - and life-long wealth - as early as possible, even before they become teenagers! In Escape from the Rat Race basic lessons about 'working to learn, not to earn', buying assets and understanding the financial statement are revealed through the kid-friendly tale of Timid E Turtle. When Tim runs out of cash at an amusement park his savvy friend, Red E Rat, shows him how to make money work for him - and tells Robert T. Kiyosaki's own riveting account of learning the basic principles of financial success. Illustrated with full-colour sequential art that ties in to Rich Dad's popular cashflow games and Website, here's a book that allows children - and reluctant readers of all ages - the chance to take their first steps towards financial success.
In your new job-free world you can write your own ticket, be your own boss, and live on a grand scale, now. The book includes real-world examples of people who have successfully quit the rat race and gained financial independence through different strategies.
For many people, financial freedom is a major goal. If they no longer needed to work for money, so much would be possible. For people who have to go to work every day that seems like paradise. But how do people actually live once they have reached the goal? Gisela Enders interviewed people mostly from Germany and Europe who are already financially free. She met very interesting people. Some who do not work at all anymore and others who spend every day working on their own projects out of sheer passion. Some who make their living from stocks and others who live from rental income. And others who live abroad and need very little money to live on. People who want to enjoy spending time with their kids and others who put all their passion into their own projects. Most of the people interviewed live frugally and from the outside, the only thing different about them is that they are rich in time. What would your own ideal life be like? A life that you planned yourself rather than one planned for you. You can put that plan into practice step by step. The ideas in this book will inspire you to consider a life beyond the rat race.
Attaining financial freedom and independence is not rocket science. It is within the reach of everyone ready to focus and pay the full price, to start from where you are to get to where you want to be. Practical Steps to Financial Freedom and Independence outlines practical steps you need to take to get from where you are financially to where you want to be. Drawing extensively from the author's personal experience and spiced with humor, Practical Steps to Financial Freedom and Independence, like a friendly guide takes you by the hand and shows you the way home.Each chapter covers a step with an illustration from the author's personal life. With these steps, you learn how to discover yourself, your unique gifts and talents and how to make your unique contribution to the world, becoming who you were born to be in the process. The journey to financial freedom and independence is not just about becoming rich, but the freedom to live your dreams, and in the process give others permission to live theirs.
"This is one of the most well written finance and personal development books I have ever read ... It encourages you to take continuous action towards reaching your personal and financial goals." - Andrew Johnston, IG: theandrewjohnston"Whether you're sick of living a miserable 9-to-5 existence or simply looking for the inspiration to learn the fundamentals of personal finance, this book has all of the ingredients and serious advice to set you free on your path to financial independence."- Camilo Maldonado, IG: TheFinanceTwins"Chris elegantly unpacks what it takes to reach Financial Independence. His story is both motivating and repeatable, if you are diligent enough to follow his steps and stick to it. We thoroughly enjoyed this book and know if it will help you unlock the path to what we are all ultimately seeking: Freedom."- Chris and Dave, IG: TheStealthyRich"I warn you that what you'll find in this book is not flashy nor a way to get rich quick. But it is the tried-and true method that has worked for nearly everyone who has already reached financial independence, including myself." - Jeremy Schneider, IG: personalfinanceclub (retired at 36)
“A refreshing and rigorous analysis of financial self-help that gets to the heart of identity formation in neoliberalism . . . sociology at its best.” —Peter Miller, London School of Economics In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians seeking to transform themselves into people worthy of millions. Following groups who practice the advice from financial success bestsellers, Fridman illustrates how the neoliberal emphasis on responsibility, individualism, and entrepreneurship binds people together with the ropes of aspiration. Freedom from Work delves into a world of financial self-help in which books, seminars, and board games reject “get rich quick” formulas and instead suggest to participants that there is something fundamentally wrong with who they are, and that they must struggle to correct it. Fridman analyzes three groups who exercise principles from Rich Dad, Poor Dad by playing the board game Cashflow and investing in cash-generating assets with the goal of leaving the rat race of employment. Fridman shows that the global economic transformations of the last few decades have been accompanied by popular resources that transform the people trying to survive—and even thrive. “A gifted observer, Fridman’s ethnographic account uncovers a unique blend of morality and economics in self-help groups pursuing their dream of financial freedom. This book contributes to economic and cultural sociology but will also fascinate general readers.” —Viviana A. Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University “A wonderful portrait of how financial technologies of the self work in modern culture.” —Marion Fourcade, University of California, Berkeley
What if Life Wasn't About 50 Years of Wage-Slavery, Paying Bills and then Dying? Tired of sleepwalking through a mediocre life bribed by mindless video-gaming, redemptive weekends, and a scant paycheck from a soul-suffocating job? Welcome to the SCRIPTED club— where membership is neither perceived or consented. The fact is, ever since you’ve been old enough to sit obediently in a classroom, you have been culturally engineered for servitude, unwittingly enslaved into a Machiavellian system where illusionary rules go unchallenged, sanctified traditions go unquestioned, and lifelong dreams go unfulfilled. As a result, your life is hijacked and marginalised into debt, despair, and dependence. Life's death sentence becomes the daily curse of the trivial and mundane. Fun fades. Dreams die. Don't let life's consolation prize become a car and a weekend. Recapture what is yours and make a revolutionary repossession of life-and-liberty through the pursuit of entrepreneurship. A paradigm shift isn't needed—the damn paradigm needs to be thrown-out altogether. The truth is, if you blindly follow conventional wisdom pushed by conventional people living conventional lives, can you expect to be anything but conventional? Rewrite life’s script: ditch the job, give Wall Street the bird, and escape the insanity of trading your life away for a paycheck and an elderly promise called retirement. UNSCRIPT today and start leading life— instead of life leading you.
