Robert Croak
speaker
6,616 appearances
39 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3d ago
Robert Croak’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I'll tell you right now, it might not mean fully retiring.
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Second, we're building the nest egg that pays you that number every single month, using a rule that's been around for decades, plus a couple newer tools that make it easier to live off of.
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And third, we're attacking the other half of the equation that people complain
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completely ignore lowering what you actually need every month.
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So the number actually gets easier to hit.
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And fourth, we're talking about the tax bomb that's sitting inside almost everyone's retirement account that nobody plans for until it's too late.
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Austin, I'm so excited about this episode long overdue.
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And I think this is really going to help a ton of people to be able to look forward 10, 20, 30 years and figure out how to do all this the right way.
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So let's get started.
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Austin, I want to keep going on this point because let's say that comes out to $10,000 a month in retirement after inflation and after taxes.
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Multiply that by 12 and your freedom number is $120,000 a year of sustainable, reliable income.
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And we'll get back to this, but reliable is important.
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That's the target.
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That's the number every single thing we talk about the rest of this episode is in service of.
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So here's the part that trips people up along the way.
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Financial freedom does not automatically mean you stop working completely.
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That's a really common misconception.
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If you love what you do, and a lot of our listeners genuinely do, your freedom number can and honestly should factor in some level of earned income you expect to keep making by choice and not necessity.
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So let's say your $120,000 freedom number assumes you keep doing some consulting work, and that brings in an additional $40,000 a year.
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That means your portfolio doesn't need to generate the full $120,000.
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