Episode · ChooseFI · 2025-10-05
Books mentioned on 567 | Are We Taking the Wrong Risks?
Most financial independence seekers are winning at money but losing at life—and they don't even realize it. Chris Hutchins and Brad Barrett challenge the FI community's obsession with safety, exploring whether the real risk isn't running out of money, but running out of time to enjoy it.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Die with Zero
Die with Zero by Bill Perkins and William O.
Discussed“And the biggest one that kind of just left me, you know, you have a conversation with someone and it just leaves you thinking for a while and that happened to me with Bill Perkins talking about Die With Zero and Tyler was talking about the 4% rule”
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The 5 Types of Wealth
The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom is a thought-provoking nonfiction work that explores unconventional approaches to living a rich and fulfilling life beyond mere financial assets.
Recommended“I'm happy to send you a link, but Sahil Bloom wrote this book, The Five Types of Wealth. Uh I've done a couple interviews with him and in one of them, we talked about, you know, the time spent with different people in your life”
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Happy Money
Happy Money by Ken Honda is a financial mindset book that explores the psychology of wealth and offers five distinct ways to spend money in order to maximize personal happiness.
Discussed“And the entire like I go back to this book Happy Money where it's like these five different ways to spend money for happiness. It was kind of like a science recap of some research and one of them is to prepay for things.”
