Early Retirement Extreme

Becoming debt-free is the first step to building a better world. Financial independence is the second. Doing what YOU want is the third.

The hedged nature of early retirement extreme

Published in October 28th, 2010
Posted by in Early Retirement, Education, Philosophy, Strategy
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There’s one defining characteristic way about the way I plan: I may not win, but I never lose. (You may have picked up this sentiment from some of my discussions of strategy.) Hence I will focus my efforts disproportionally towards avoiding bad outcomes rather than seeking good outcomes. This leads to a modest but tranquil [...]

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The disappearance of the middle class

Published in October 10th, 2010
Posted by in Early Retirement, Education, Work
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Zev pointed me in the general direction of Huffington Post and their posts about the disappearance of the middle class and what they refer to as “Third World America” and what we need to do to save it. As I was reading more and more I felt more like grabbing someone and shaking themcompelled to [...]

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A second list of books

Published in January 1st, 2010
Posted by in Education, Health, Personal, Philosophy, Strategy
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Here is the a second list of books to peruse. I made the first list some time ago which proved popular. (None of these books are rare. I can get all of them via interlibrary.) The Education of Henry Adams Many autobiographies are of the “then I did this, then I did that” variety. There [...]

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