In episode 618, join Rob Walling as he chats with Sam Dogen, the founder of Financial Samurai, which is one of the longest-running and most popular personal finance blogs. Over the last 13 years, Sam has personally written over 2,500 essays along with a Wall Street Journal Bestselling book. We talk about achieving financial freedom, money mindsets, and relentless execution. Topics we cover: 3:12- The 4% Rule 4:40- Sam’s alternative approach to the 4% Rule 7:25- The FIRE Movement 10:16- How to navigate the US health insurance system as an early retiree 12:10- Sam’s relentless execution when it comes to running Financial Samurai 17:40- How Sam learned about personal finance 18:47- How Sam negotiated a severance package despite quitting his investment banking job 22:47- Why he runs Financial Samurai as a true lifestyle business 26:07- Would Sam sell Financial Samurai for $20 million? 27:35- The premise of Sam’s new book 28:46- Sam’s mental model for allocating financial assets to generate passive income Links from the Show: Sam Dogen (@financialsamura) I Twitter Financial Samurai Buy This, Not That TropicalMBA MicroConf Europe Applications for TinySeed’s Fall 2022 SaaS Accelerators Will Open September 12th MicroConf Youtube Channel If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you. Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher

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