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This week on the Pete the Planner Show, Pete is not a cat, but he and Damian crrrrritique comments from Dave Ramsey!
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Show Notes:
HOW OUR FINANCIAL VIEWS HAVE EVOLVED: [5:00]
- For a lot of people, when they think about their financial lives and major goals, wealth ends up being their primary aim; that makes sense. Pete used to be “a lot of people.” His relationship with money has since evolved. But first, Damian…when do you consider yourself and adult?
- Damian: Post-college, you’re almost expected to make some low mistakes between 18-22.
- I was knee-deep in saving money as quickly as I could. I was fortunate to not have car expenses and living expenses were low, so I stashed away a lot. I was entirely a saver at that point.
- My dad used the kitchen table for managing everything, so these concepts were part of my normal, everyday life.
- I transitioned into investing with my first real job, mid-20s.
- Currently, at 43, successful retirement means not needing a lot of money, and not having a lot of money.
- Pete: I got started in high school doing Roth IRA-style investing. In college, I was day trading…a lot. At 22, my goal was to establish a lifestyle so I could have what I wanted. I was a financial advisor.
- At 26, things were going well. So my next financial goal was to make more money than my dad had earned at the high point in his life. In retrospect, I realize that wasn’t a great goal.
- Pete the Planner® started at around 27.
- At 28, I began saving and investing with purpose. The materialism began to fade.
- I used to give really aggressive advice early. I didn’t see that people have different realities, sometimes based in systemic racism and poverty.
- I used to aspire to have wealth, then I aspired to have flexibility (money and time), now I understand the currency of attention.
DAVE RAMSEY’S STIMULUS REMARKS: [27:20]
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Peter Dunn a.k.a. Pete the Planner® is an award-winning financial mind and a former comedian. He’s a USA TODAY columnist, author of ten books, and is the host of the popular radio show and podcast, The Pete the Planner Show. Pete is considered one of the foremost experts on financial wellness in the world, but he’s just as likely to talk your ear off about bass fishing.