How to Create Financial Security (From Scratch!) and Become “Set for Life”

Abstract

What are some of the milestones or crazy situations or tough circumstances that you experienced in this 14-year period between 2003 and 2017 when you got your last masters? Were there any things that set you up for later parts of the story, for example? Joe: Yeah, so this is the huge thing and then I have to figure out where I'm going to be going to what I'm going to do. You can't do these other things until you do this one thing. It's just, "Make sure things run without getting bogged down and not letting things run. You can go back to your list and go, "Oh, yeah, no, there's this thing," and let it just always be there in the back of your mind, so it becomes just a part of who you are and not just something that you read. Scott: How many hours cumulative do you think you put into reading or learning in this fashion over the last two years since 2019, since your pivot point? Joe: Oh, it's like having a graduate degree, right? You go and you read these things. Where is acting going to fall in your career on a go-forward basis? How do you see that on a go-forward basis for you? Joe: Sure, I think that the blog is probably one way that I'll be able to use those things that I learned, but I'll use them in a more educational way to teach people how to solve their own life problems which is basically what I'm doing now is taking things that I've learned and approaching them in a way that makes sense to me. Mindy: What is your best piece of advice for people who are just starting out? Joe: I would say there's so many things, create a budget and set up, make a plan. It's like, "What is this thing that I need in my life? Find that thing that makes you the happiest.