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Book · 2000 · Personal Finance

The Simple Path to Wealth

by J. L. Collins · Recommended by 4 people on 1 podcast

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I'm reading The Simple Path to Wealth, educating myself on my options and just trying to take the fear out of my future.
Brad Barrett · ChooseFI · Sep 2024 Listen at 3:16

What they say about it

Grouped from 22 mentions
  • Gives it as a gift“sent it to all my friends”
    2
  • Recommends for investing“read jail Collins book”
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The best things said about it

6 of 22 · every mention
Recommended
And I think this is where you and I reading the book The Simple Path to Wealth or reading the stock series that jlcollinsnh.com and just getting an understanding of okay why are we investing why are we investing this way why do we think this gives us a very high likelihood of success over 30 40 50 years.
Brad Barrett ChooseFI · Dec 2020
Recommended
Community by J.L Collins who wrote The Amazing book The Simple Path to Wealth yeah I sent it to all my friends when they're starting to learn about financial Independence said let's just read this book.
Brad Barrett ChooseFI · Sep 2022
Recommended
That's not your own so I'd say J.L. Collins the stock series because it led to the great personal finance book The Simple Path to Wealth I think a lot of us would be well advised to heed much of the advice JL Collins offers.
Sean Mullaney ChooseFI · Jul 2019
Recommended
I mean I have three chapters but just go read jail Colin's book don't read my book for the investing stuff read jail Collins book.
Joe Saul-Sehy ChooseFI · Mar 2022
Recommended
Yeah the reality is in most cases there's going to be a few days lag and I think you know if you look at you know J.L Collins has that great chart in his book The Simple Path to Wealth.
Brad Barrett ChooseFI · May 2020
Recommended
We do J.L. Collins' book The Simple Path to Wealth and Dominic Cortuccio's book Design Your Future I also have two copies of J.L. Collins' audiobook which was just released this year The Simple Path to Wealth so if you're an audible learner like I am then that would be worth checking out as well.
On the show ChooseFI · Jun 2023

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Why people recommend it

The Simple Path to Wealth by J. L. Collins is a foundational personal finance guide that outlines straightforward strategies for achieving financial independence through stock market investing and frugality, largely originating from the author's famous stock series blog posts. Brad Barrett on ChooseFI mentioned the book among recommended titles for listeners pursuing financial independence, while Jonathan Barrett frequently featured it as a prize in weekly listener book giveaways. Sean Mullaney also recommended the book during a hot seat segment on the show, praising the wisdom of Collins's stock series and investment advice. The overwhelming presence of the title across numerous episodes of ChooseFI demonstrates its massive impact within the financial independence community, where it is consistently praised for demystifying investing and promoting long-term wealth accumulation. By advocating for low-cost index fund investing, avoiding debt, and maintaining a simple, intentional lifestyle, the book has empowered countless readers to take control of their financial futures. Its enduring popularity stems from its clear, accessible prose and actionable guidance, making it an essential manual for anyone seeking monetary security and peace of mind.

Every mention

22 counted mentions · 7 passing or ad reads below
Brad Barrett I recommend books like the simple path to well psychology of money die with zero and many more 8
Discussed
“I'm reading The Simple Path to Wealth, educating myself on my options and just trying to take the fear out of my future.”
Recommended
“I recommend books like the simple path to well psychology of money die with zero and many more”
Discussed
“and then you keep going right J.L. Collins and the simple path to wealth”
Recommended
“Community by J.L Collins who wrote The Amazing book The Simple path to well yeah I sent it to all my friends when they're starting to learn about financial Independence said let's just read this book”
Recommended
“and I think this is where you and I reading the book The Simple path to wealth or reading the stock series that jlcollinsnh.com and just getting an understanding of okay why are we investing why are we investing this way why do we think this gives us a very high likelihood of success over 30 40 50 years”
Discussed
“how would this add value to in this case someone who's never heard of J.L. Collins or the simple path to well so again like I'm not coming up with these questions on my own in that case but I'm trying to think from the mindset of someone who's new at this and I think that's just my little frame”
Recommended
“yeah the reality is in most cases there's going to be a few days lag and I think you know if you look at you know J.L Collins has that great chart in his book The Simple path to wealth”
Recommended
“jail Collins book The Simple path to wealth”
Jonathan Mendonsa the first is JL Collins book The Simple path to wealth 2
Discussed
“the simple path to wealth buy a total stock market index fund since the Advent of some of the modern day I guess you'd call them robo advisors”
Recommended
“the first is JL Collins book The Simple path to wealth”
Joe Saul-Sehy I mean I have three chapters but just go read jail Colin's book don't read my book for the investing stuff… 1
Recommended
“I mean I have three chapters but just go read jail Colin's book don't read my book for the investing stuff read jail Collins book”
Sean Mullaney that's not your own so I'd say J.L. Collins the stock series because it led to the great personal finance b… 1
Recommended
“that's not your own so I'd say J.L. Collins the stock series because it led to the great personal finance book The Simple path to wealth I think a lot of us would be well advised to heed much of the advice JL Collins offers”
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Discussed
“We then started reading through the simple path to wealth together and it has been a special time for both of us.”
Discussed
“and the book simple path to welp helped me so much”
Recommended
“and then just send us an email at feedback choosefi.com letting us know that you did that we would happily enter you in a drawing to win a copy of J.L Collins book The Simple path to wealth”
Recommended
“we do JL Collins book The Simple path to wealth and Dominic cortuccio's book design your future I also have two copies of J.L Collins audiobook which was just released this year the simple path to well so if you're an audible learner like I am then that would be worth checking out as well”
Recommended
“the first is jail Collins book The Simple path to wealth”
Recommended
“the first is JL Collins book The Simple path to wealth”
Discussed
“I went through and binge listened to all of your content read the simple path to wealth like I was all in”
Discussed
“I was listening to all the podcasts I was reading a simple path to wealth and so it took me a while to finally get into the market”
Discussed
“you know when I started listening to you guys and I read the simple path to wealth it became incredibly practical”
Discussed
“tomorrow on Saturday June 27th we are having a Facebook live with the man the myth the legend JL Collins author of the simple path to wealth”

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“simple path to wealth Rich Dad Poor Dad”
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“like once I learned about index funds once I read simple path to wealth I was like okay I'm good I can just wrap up”
Passing
“fortunately I read Rich to head Poor Dad early on and chose to focus on real estate since finding the choose Phi community and learning the simple path to wealth a few years back”
Passing
“that was the year I dug deep into all my mutual funds read the simple path to wealth a couple times and ratcheted up our savings to over 30”
Passing
“the first is jail Collins book The Simple path to wealth”
Passing
“I personally side with J.L Collins that a primary residence is not an investment at least not unless you're you're generating income doing really cool things like house hacking”
Plugged
“we have three books that we normally do we do jail Collins book The Simple path to wealth Dominic cortuccio's book design your future and Vincent puglisi's book freelance to Freedom”