Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. Today's interview is with the Debt Free Doctor. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2018
The One Thing FI Can’t Give You is the Only Thing You Really Want
The following is a guest post from Half Life Theory, a site focused on building wealth through personal development. I wanted to run this article because it brings up some interesting points about striving for financial independence and its relation to happiness, two things that are closely related IMO. I don't agree with all the conclusions below and I think for some … [Read more...]
Deciding the “Pay Down Mortgage or Invest” Debate
Today we have a guest post from Your Money Blueprint. There's been a bit of discussion recently on whether paying off your mortgage or investing was better -- both here at ESI Money (see Which is Better: Paying Off a Mortgage or Investing More?) as well as on Rockstar Finance (see Money Match-Up: Pay Off Debt Versus Invest and here Money Match-Up: Pay Off Mortgage Versus … [Read more...]
ESI Scale Interview 23
Today we continue the ESI Scale Interview series where people answer questions about their success at working the ESI Scale. In short, the series focuses on what the interviewee is doing in the areas of earning, saving, and investing. They also get an opportunity to ask ESI Money readers for suggestions if they choose to do so. If you’d like to be considered for an … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 79
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. Today's interview is with the Finance Stoic. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How … [Read more...]
Seven Steps to Increasing Your Career Income
The following is a guest post from Mike at MikedUp Blog. Mike calls on past and present life experiences to help readers change their lives through improvements in fitness, finance, and family. Anyone reading this site for more than 15 seconds knows I'm a big fan of growing your career (and thus your income). After all, doing so is a major part of the "E" in E-S-I, … [Read more...]
Retirement Two-Year Update
Wow! Can you believe it's been two years since I retired????!!!! In some ways it seems like yesterday and in others a decade (I can't remember what it was like to work other than "not nearly as good as this"). :) For those of you new to the site, here are the details of my retirement. Since then I've given an update on things every six months just to let you know how … [Read more...]
ESI Scale Interview 22
Today we continue the ESI Scale Interview series where people answer questions about their success at working the ESI Scale. In short, the series focuses on what the interviewee is doing in the areas of earning, saving, and investing. They also get an opportunity to ask ESI Money readers for suggestions if they choose to do so. If you’d like to be considered for an … [Read more...]
