freedom first - the book
From Wiley, the publisher of Australia's no. 1 best-selling personal finance book, comes Freedom First, a controversial new title that will challenge everything you think you know about wealth, security and financial freedom.
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“Do you want to be financially free?
Plenty of people will say yes; but what if I told you that we’ve been going about it backwards all along?”
Debt, locking your money away, being tied to a job and relying on a volatile market are all ways we sacrifice our freedom now, for the promise of financial freedom sometime in the future. Freedom First teaches that if you dream of becoming rich, so that you can be financially free, you need to start by getting free first.
And the freer you get, the richer you will become.
You will learn:
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How to be financially free right now, not in 20 years.
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How to take back control of your investments with advanced stock, real estate and tax strategies - taught by the guy who predicted the GFC six years early.
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Why you shouldn’t save for retirement, or even for emergencies.
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How to achieve real financial security.
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Why earning an income, even a good one, may be keeping you poor.
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Why retiring early may not only be easier than you imagined, but essential if you want to prosper.
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How to generate additional active income from the assets you already have.
Packed with real life stories and expert guidance Freedom First has a message for everyone, from retirees discovering that after a lifetime of work their savings have left them dependent on the whims of a capricious market, to millennials starting out in a world where many of the old securities are gone. Drawing on wisdom as old as Confucius and sharing insights from Benjamin Franklin, Napoleon and some of the biggest tech billionaires today, Freedom First will teach you why:
“If you want to be financially free - you’ve got to start by getting free first!”
