The Mad Fientist (aka Brandon) achieved his personal financial independence number at the age of 32.

Brandon has shared his journey towards financial independence on his site MadFientist.com, and now continues to share his post-FI journey on the site and popular podcast under the same name.

Listen on to find out how much Brandon saved up to reach financial independence and what actually happened when he reached it. Stick around after the interview for my biggest takeaways. F

ind a full transcript, quotes for Twitter, and all the resources mentioned at http://ptmoney.com/brandon

Zina Kumok is a freelance writer specializing in personal finance (one of the best...she’s done some writing for me). She also writes at DebtFreeAfterThree.com about how she paid off $28k worth of student loans in three years as a journalist. Zina has seemingly made all the right financial moves in a short period of time. I find myself saying “I wish I’d done that when I was your age” a lot in this interview. Listen on to find out what all she did and how she accomplished it. Stick around after the interview for my biggest takeaways. Find the extensive list of show notes, as well as resources mentioned in the show, at http://ptmoney.com/zina

Lauren Greutman regularly appears on the TODAY show and authored the #1 Best Selling book “The Recovering Spender”.

She’s a spender. I’m a spender too and so this episode was a good reminder that I need to stay vigilant in my spending habits.

1. You don’t need credit cards to earn rewards

2. As your income goes up, keep your spending the same

3. Use your past “mess” as a message for others!

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Joe Saul-Sehy spent 16 years as a Financial Planner and became known as the “Money Man” at Detroit television WXYZ-TV.

Today Joe is host of Stacking Benjamins, a podcast Kiplinger named “Best of 2016”.

Joe is one of the best storytellers I know, and I know you’ll enjoy hearing some of them today.

A few of my major takeaways from today’s episode:

1. Be careful who you use for financial planning.
2. You can’t shrink your way to greatness.
3. Your career is not your boss’ For a full transcript and resources, visit https://ptmoney.com/masters-money

Joshua Becker, Founder of Becoming Minimalist, inspires millions around the world to own fewer possessions and find greater fulfillment in life.

Around my household the minimalism concept has taken hold. Mrs PT is fired up about helping us become more minimalist and so we’ve read Joshua’s books, listened to him on other podcasts, and now we’re taking part in Joshua’s latest online course.

But we don’t focus on cleaning out closets. Instead, we talk about how the minimalism approach affects how Joshua handles his money and maybe more importantly, thinks about money. I think you’ll find Joshua story both useful and inspiring

For more about Joshua or this episode, visit http://ptmoney.com/joshua

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