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    The Creation Mindset – Accelerate Your Wealth Trajectory

    By Retire Before Dad

    Buying compact discs (CDs) used to be a thing. That’s how we bought music back in the 1980’s and 1990’s. I spent a few thousand dollars on CDs throughout high school, college, and my early working years. One summer, I worked in a record store to earn money because my internship at a financial services company was…

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    Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, Investing, Personal Finance, Unusual Tagged With: music, rockstar finance

    Steak Dinner for Vegans

    By Retire Before Dad

    One of my new favorite podcasts is the Animal Spirits Podcast hosted by bloggers Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson of Ritholtz Wealth Management. These guys are prolific writers and tweeters who often poke fun at investment pundits and fund managers who try to predict future market returns. Turn on CNBC and there’s always someone who claims to know…

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    Filed Under: Debt, Investing, Personal Finance, Unusual

    No Shortcuts For Bricklayers

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    A New York-based company called Construction Robotics has designed and built a bricklaying robot called SAM (Semi-Automated Mason) that can place up to 3,000 bricks during an 8-hour day. That’s about three times the number of bricks that the fastest human bricklayers can set. The machine requires at least two humans to load materials and finish…

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    Filed Under: Investing, Personal Finance, Stocks, Unusual

    Liquor, Ladies, and Leverage: How Smart People Go Broke

    By Retire Before Dad

    In 2002, a nineteen-year-old garbage man in the U.K. named Michael Carroll won a lottery jackpot worth $14 million dollars. Instead of making smart money moves with his winnings, he spent his fortune on jewelry and a mansion where he threw lavish parties with drugs and prostitutes. A decade later, he was broke and working…

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    Filed Under: Investing, Personal Finance, Stocks, Unusual

    Does Growing Up Mean Outgrowing Your Dreams?

    By Retire Before Dad

    Last April on a long solo drive, I listened to the Mad Fientist’s interview with Vicki Robin on the Financial Independence Podcast. Vicki Robin is the co-author of , the book that popularized the term financial independence. The 2018 version includes a foreword by Mr. Money Mustache, who in 2012, wrote about the book causing a…

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    Filed Under: Career, Family, Personal Finance, Travel, Unusual

    Build Income Streams. Explore The Unusual.

    By Retire Before Dad

    After choosing a domain name and starting my blog back in September of 2013, the software behind the scenes called WordPress asked me to declare a tagline. Unprepared, the first three words that came to mind were Invest. Retire. Travel. Those three words accurately presented the message I wanted to convey to my readers so I went…

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    Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, Investing, Personal Finance, Travel, Unusual

    Financial Pitfalls Of Suburban Life

    By Retire Before Dad

    Six years ago, we moved to the suburbs from a one-bedroom condo in a densely populated and walkable area. We wanted more space, risk-free parking, better schools, a yard for kids to play in, and a friendly neighborhood. We got all of those things. But moving to the suburbs came with a bunch of financial…

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    Filed Under: Family, Personal Finance, Unusual

    Will You Retire Before A Human Walks On Mars?

    By Retire Before Dad

    Elon Musk and his company SpaceX plan to put a human on Mars by the year 2024. If successful, it will be the most extraordinary accomplishment in the history of the known universe. It will take a team of thousands of scientists tackling complicated engineering tasks that most of us can’t fathom. Each piece of…

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    Filed Under: Personal Finance, Travel, Unusual

    The Best Summer Job Ever (And Why Lifeguarding Is For Suckers)

    By Retire Before Dad

    A few months before the summer of 1996, I committed to a lifeguarding job at a local pool. It was supposed to be my fifth consecutive summer as a guard. Lifeguarding was an easy and stable summer job in my youth, but it never paid well. This new gig was at a private club with…

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    Filed Under: Career, College Savings, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Unusual

    The Triforce Of Wealth

    By Retire Before Dad

    After two years of begging, I finally received a classic Nintendo NES Game Consolefrom Santa in the sixth grade. One of the original video games for the system was the masterpiece, The Legend of Zelda. The Zelda franchise is an enduring global video game phenomenon enjoyed by gamers worldwide. To date, Nintendo has produced 18 titles in…

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    Filed Under: Investing, Personal Finance, Unusual

    The Lifelong Burden of Material Objects

    By Retire Before Dad

    I saw a tweet recently that read like a blunt kick in the butt. “The Vast Majority of Baseball Cards are Worthless” The tweet came from a Twitter handle and blog called Unusual Investments. The blog post was inspired by a recent Wall Street Journal article about a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card going up…

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    Filed Under: Family, Personal Finance, Unusual Tagged With: frugality, productivity

    Put It On The Line: Advice From a 9-Time World Champion

    By Retire Before Dad

    A few months ago I was cleaning out my basement and uncovered a 25-year-old autograph. It’s from one of the most competitive and influential athletes to ever represent a sport. His words were inspirational to my 16-year-old self, and reading over his simple phrase today reminds me that we’re all capable of accomplishing extraordinary things…

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    Filed Under: Featured, Personal Finance, Unusual Tagged With: motivation, rockstar finance

    The Nude Selfie Of Personal Finance

    By Retire Before Dad

    The signs in the gym locker room are clear: Picture taking in the men’s room is strictly prohibited. Please inform the front desk of violations. Yet every once in a while, some beefcake dude will stand there in front of the locker room mirror, whip out his phone, and snap a selfie. I sort of get it….

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    Filed Under: Featured, Personal Finance, Unusual Tagged With: net worth, personal capital, rockstar finance

    There’s Always Money In The Banana Stand

    By Retire Before Dad

    Arrested Development was an early 2000’s TV comedy loved by its fans. Despite critical acclaim, it failed to gain traction and the show was canceled after three seasons. Years later it was revamped as a Netflix series thanks to the enduring hilarity of the first three seasons and its grassroots fan base. Challenged with cast schedules, the…

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    Filed Under: Featured, Personal Finance, Real Estate, Unusual Tagged With: passive income, sell, taxes

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