Pathless FIRE: What If Financial Independence Supported Meaningful Work?
What if financial independence supported meaningful work rather than replaced it?
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Leap Capital: The Financial Resources You Need To Quit Your Job
The financial milestone that convinces you to make a change. Whether it's $7k or $10 million, the story you tell yourself about the number matters more than the math.
Modern CareersMoney & Finance
Paycheck Envy: Why Self-Employed People Love Recurring Revenue
Self-employed people obsess over monthly recurring revenue because salaried work has wired us to need a steady paycheck. What if we're chasing the wrong thing?
Work Beliefs & History of WorkMoney & Finance
Book Review: Just Keep Buying, and Four Insights on Rethinking Wealth
Four data-driven insights from Just Keep Buying that challenge common fears about spending, saving, retirement, and how rich you already are.
Books & ReadingMoney & Finance
How Do You Leave Money On The Table?
I've actively chosen to leave money on the table for years. The return? Time with family, peace of mind, and a richness that no paycheck can match.
Creativity & The Creator EconomyMoney & Finance
Book Review: Die With Zero, and Why Too Many Save Too Much for Too Late
Die With Zero is a persuasive argument for those who spend to much to turn money into time & experiences earlier in their lives
Books & ReadingMoney & Finance
How I Think About Money & Retirement While Self Employed
Why do full-time employees think self-employment is so risky? Here's how I think about money, retirement & my future
Personal Reflections & EssaysMoney & Finance
Recovering from "Lifestyle Creep": How I cut my cost of living by 75%
Lifestyle creep happened slowly and then all at once. I told myself I was frugal, but the numbers don't lie. I've since cut my cost of living by 75%
Personal Reflections & EssaysMoney & Finance
March 2019 Self-Employed Financial Statement
Every month, I share my financials as I build a self-employed path and share my experiments in living nomadically, digital experiments and living simply
Money & Finance
February 2019 Self-Employed Financial Statement
Every month, I share my financials as I build a self-employed path and share my experiments in living nomadically, digital experiments and living simply
Money & Finance
December 2018 Self-Employed Financial Statement
A transparent look at my December 2018 finances as a self-employed creator: $894 in income, $2,036 in living costs, and three weeks traveling in Thailand.
Money & Finance
January 2019 Self-Employed Financial Statement
Every month, I share my financials as I build a self-employed path and share my experiments in living nomadically, digital experiments and living simply
Money & Finance
November 2018 Self-Employed Financial Statement
A transparent look at my self-employed finances in November 2018: $372 in income, $2,117 in living costs, and life in Taipei.
Money & Finance
October 2018 Self-Employed Financial Statement
Every month, Paul shares his financial statement to increase transparency around minimalism, self-employment and what it takes to hack a life
Money & Finance
Paying back $24,000 to my previous employer and the absurdity of bonuses
I wrote a $24,000 check to my former employer to leave early. It taught me what bonuses really are: tools to keep unhappy people from walking away.
Organizations & CultureMoney & Finance
The money empathy gap
Science shows that the richer you get, the less empathy you tend to have. A reminder to develop principles before wealth changes you.
Money & Finance