George Kamel

Well, I wouldn't recommend it, first of all.

Why?

I've never met someone who can sustain that because the personality type to be able to retire at 40 with a huge nest egg, they're just simply too ambitious to just go full stop.

It's like a marathon runner doing the marathon and saying, I am never running again.

They're just going to be jonesing for that next thing.

They're just too goal-oriented to then just stop and have no ambition and sit on a beach.

It gets old fast.

Even if you want to travel internationally, great, you go on the trip and eventually you just want...

you know, a McDonald's hamburger and to sleep in your own bed.

And so I think there is a fallacy that retiring early.

I love the idea of retiring early or being work optional.

That's what I love.

That's it's kind of the like screw you money where you hate everything.

You hate your boss.

Your job is toxic, whatever.

You can just go, I'm out.

I don't need this anymore.

And your assets create enough income to cover your expenses.

I think it's a great goal to have for your assets to cover your expenses and spit off enough income to do that.

But I think the idea that you're going to do nothing is the scary part because those people have so much value to add to the economy.