Simple Investing, Promise #1 — You can get good returns without spending a lot of time and effort on investing. Many middle-class workers have jobs and family responsibilities […]
The Self-Directed Life
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Sex Is Overrated (Or So My Wife Often Observes)
Sex is overrated because of the efforts of people trying to sell us stuff. Sex is overrated and that’s a money issue because thinking sex is more important […]
Saving Without Sacrifice
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Advertisements for Self-Denial
The biggest obstacle to effective saving is the power of marketing. There are lots of people who benefit from our decisions to spend and just about no one […]
Rob's Book
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Customer Reviews of the Secrets of Retiring Early Report
The Secrets of Retiring Early report, published at Soapbox.com in June 2000, was an early exploration of the themes explored in greater depth in my book Passion Saving: […]
Retire Different!
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Secrets of Retiring Early
My Secrets of Retiring Early report, published in the summer of 2000, explains why today’s middle-class worker has opportunities to win financial freedom early in life that were […]
Saving Without Sacrifice
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Saving Too Much Is a Big Problem
The Idea that Saving Too Much Is Not a Problem Reveals a Deep Flaw in the Old Money Management Model. Most people think of financial freedom as a […]
Saving Without Sacrifice
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What Savings Goal Really Turns You On?
It’s the savings goal to which your money management efforts are being directed that determines whether your efforts will prove fruitful or not. I have been studying how […]
Saving Without Sacrifice
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Saving for Retirement Is a Dumb Idea
Saving for retirement is a dumb idea because it takes all the fun out of saving. Saving is a great idea. Saving buys financial freedom. We all want […]
Start Me Up
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Saving and Investing Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage
Saving and investing go together like a horse and carriage because frugality always matters. My posting days at the Retire Early boards can be divided neatly into two […]
Saving Without Sacrifice
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Rob Bennett’s Favorite Saving Advice Sayings
Rob Bennett’s Favorite Saving Advice Sayings #1 — It’s Spending That Makes You Rich! The strategy usually used to encourage saving is to suggest that spending is bad. […]