183 Financial Independence Part 3: Buy Status Symbols or Buy Your Freedom




The Voluntary Life show

Summary: This episode is about the main barrier to financial independence: consuming for status instead of investing for wealth. You have a choice: you can either buy status symbols or your can buy financial freedom, but not both. Topics covered in the episode include: Why everything you think about "the rich" is probably wrongHow most high income people blow their chance at financial independenceHow you can buy financial freedom instead of getting caught in the culture of capital consumption Show Notes: Stop Acting Rich by Thomas StanleyImage Credit: Jonas Nilsson Lee Listen to Episode 183