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I’m gifting a WSJ opinion piece on how to achieve FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) by 30. It’s not about podcasts and side gigs, but about ignoring work-life balance and front loading earning. I wouldn’t want to live that way, and was happy to retire at 53, but looks like the author may well achieve his goal. He suggests that others his age are following the same path.
This sounds awful!
I think this young man may find that after “front-loading” his billions, it won’t be that easy to flip the switch at age 30. He may have already done lasting damage to his physical and mental health. Deciding that a social life and family gatherings are a waste of time doesn’t make him great partner material once he decides he wants to prioritize that. Learning how to relate to someone other than your laptop and your phone is a skill often learned during one’s college years and their 20s, and he’s choosing to skip that developmental stage. It may be too late to remediate himself once he’s 30 and a billionaire.
I think a lot of the responses to this are interesting, they presume a universality in desired outcomes that we know doesn’t exist.
I’d suggest people thinking about the person wanting to be a billionaire that he may be neuro-diverse and not value, not experience things in remotely the same way you do.
Which is likely the case with several of the billionaires now involving themselves in politics.
Seems some people do make the transition. Sharing an article from the New York Times about a guy who went from Wall Street to rescue paramedic.
Kathy,
thanks for the link