Is The Financial Independence Community Close Minded? I have found a huge amount of support and enjoyment by interacting with like minded personal finance people on social media and within the blogosphere. Unlike the...
The Dark Side of Stealth is Silence I have a little world that exists inside my head. It’s full of numbers and figures. Projections and estimations. I plot these thoughts on spreadsheets, in my...
Every Doctor Should Have a Plan B I’ve written previously that financial independence is plan B. Plan A, of course, is life. Your work and time are precious and life is too short to...
Good Decision/Bad Decision Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wednesdays. This series will focus on my past decisions to shed...
A Hundred and Homeless I am not a doctor of finance. I’m a medical doctor. So when I enter an elderly patient’s home, I’m not expecting to do a wallet biopsy. Whether they can...
The Quickest Path Dear readers, I’ve been holding out on you. I have the secret. The secret to building wealth. Those of us with high net worth have been banking on it for years....
The Fallacy of Enough I have previously written about why I think we are kidding ourselves with the concept of the safe withdrawal rate. In review, the SWR is the percentage of your portfolio you...
Investing Tips From A Hospice Doctor I used to have a patient who was an undertaker. We had many conversations about philosophy and practicality, and it didn’t take long to realize the profound insights...
Money Is Power At the risk of repeating this blog post, I believe money is power. Financial independence is the freedom to exercise this power that’s consistent with your values and ethics. Those struggling...
When Life Insurance Goes Uncollected I have written in the past about my father dying and the gift of his life insurance. My parents $200,000 term policy grew too much greater sums in the...
