Episode · ChooseFI · 2024-09-12

Books mentioned on Getting Personal With Personal Finance Ginger Kim

3 books · With Kim · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Kim walked away from her job with $1.9 million saved but didn't realize she'd already crossed the finish line until a friend pointed it out. That revelation sparked what she calls "surprise FI"—reaching financial independence without consciously chasing it.

Mentioned: Your Money Or Your Life by Joseph R. Dominguez and others, Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and others, and The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Your Money Or Your Life

   Joseph R. Dominguez; Vicki Robin · at 4:33 · mentioned 2 times

   Your Money Or Your Life by Joseph R. Dominguez and Vicki Robin is a foundational personal finance and lifestyle management guide that redefines the relationship between individuals, money, and time.

   Discussed

   “and I mean I already had the mentality I'd read your money or your life years ago”

   Speaker Getting Personal With Personal Finance Ginger Kim 2024-09-12 Listen at 4:33

   Where to get it

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2. 

   Rich Dad, Poor Dad

   Robert T. Kiyosaki; Sharon L. Lechter · at 4:39

   Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter is a widely read personal finance book that contrasts the mindsets of working for money versus making money work for you.

   Discussed

   “I'd read the Rich Dad Poor Dad book and I'd been a Peace Corp volunteer where I'd lived on a very small amount of money each month”

   Speaker Getting Personal With Personal Finance Ginger Kim 2024-09-12 Listen at 4:39

   Where to get it

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3. 

   The Simple Path to Wealth

   JL Collins · at 33:34

   The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins is a widely celebrated personal finance guide that champions low-cost index fund investing as the most straightforward and effective method to achieve financial independence.

   Recommended

   “I wish the simple path to wealth had been available when I first started like earning a salary because it's so succinctly summarizes I feel like everything I had to figure out the hard way about how to invest and that it's actually really simple”

   Speaker Getting Personal With Personal Finance Ginger Kim 2024-09-12 Listen at 33:34

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon