If you’ve been struggling to find purpose, a side hustle, a new career or your next chapter in life, this episode is for you! Consider this a finding your purpose ‘starter kit’. This episode will help you figure out what you'd love to do with your time. I will be taking you through a free guide I've prepared that takes you through a series of powerful questions to navigate you in the right direction of your ‘thing’ in life.

Link to the Find Your Purpose Worksheet here: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

Freedom Before FI:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

• Website: Check out our resources and services at www.freedombeforefi.com

• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

On Career Changes: We got to chat with career coach Lisa Hoashi, an ICF certified coach and for the last 10 years she’s been helping professionals and businesses improve their work life, by using their big picture goals.

She specialises in helping people at crossroad moments and transition periods helping them gain clarity to take new steps forward to a more meaningful and authentic path.

The things you’ll learn:

• Lisa’s background and her own crossroads moment
• Why she calls herself a ‘Big Picture Career Coach’
• The main reasons clients come to her for help
• How she became a career coach and how others can too
• Her coaching programs and how they help
• Example client transitions (what they done before and what they do now)
• About people moving to a lower paying job
• Advice for people with creative backgrounds
• The outline steps to take to make a career change
• Typical internal barrier holding people back from making a change
• How to fund a career change
• Do you need to go back to University to make a career change
• The number one hack for a successful career change

Quick-fire round questions at the end:

1. Lisa’s definition of Freedom
2. The daily habits that helped her in her life
3. Her most important lesson in life
4. Lisa's Transformational book recommendations
5. Biggest takeaway for listeners thinking of a career change

Lisa’s Websites/Socials:

• Career Coaching Website: https://www.lisahoashi.com/
• Clarify your Path freebie, also at: https://www.lisahoashi.com/
• Leap Like Me Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leap-like-me/id1435087690
• Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-hoashi/

Freedom Before FI Links:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ Worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/
• Website: Check out our resources and services at https://freedombeforefi.com/
• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

If you’re wondering what kind of freedom options are open to you before reaching Financial Independence, don’t worry as I got you! I’ve put together a colourful cheat-sheet which gives you some freedom ideas based on the money stage you’re at. These options range from giving you more time to do things you love, to making small life pivots to enhance your happiness and wellbeing. Today, I’ll be giving a quick overview of this. You can also grab the PDF Cheat-Sheet (by clicking the link below) and following along while listening:

Link to Cheat-Sheet here: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

Freedom Before FI:

Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

Website: Check out our resources and services at www.freedombeforefi.com

Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

We got to chat with Lyndall Farley, a Sabbatical Coach passionate about the transformative benefits of Sabbaticals. She guides people to design a break that helps them recharge, reflect and reimagine their next chapter in life and work.

Lyndall also works with companies setting up Sabbatical programs to boost employee wellbeing and retention. She has taken 11 sabbaticals (solo and with her family) and has now guided hundreds of people on their Sabbatical journeys.

The things you’ll learn:

• Lyndall’s background story and how she was able to take 11 sabbaticals
• Definition of a sabbatical
• Differences between Sabbatical, Career Breaks and Mini-Retirements
• Sabbaticals for companies and for individuals
• Typical reasons her clients take sabbaticals
• Her 4 Types of Sabbatical Takers
• How to use the time-off to reflect on your next steps
• What makes a sabbatical successful
• Step-by-step guide on how to plan a sabbatical
• The 3 Things to balance to get the sabbatical just right
• How to fund a sabbatical (and how she was able to)
• How to lower expenses on sabbatical
• What she really does as a Sabbatical Coach
• Any examples where sabbaticals didn’t work out
• Advice for those coming to the end of a sabbatical

Quick-fire round questions at the end:

1. Lyndall’s definition of Freedom
2. The daily habits that helped her in her life
3. Her most important lesson in life
4. Lyndall’s Transformational book recommendations
5. Biggest takeaway for listeners thinking of taking a Sabbatical

Lyndall’s Websites/Socials:

• Sabbatical Coach Website: https://www.beyondabreak.com/
• Join the Break Space Community: gobreakspace.com
• Connect with Lyndall on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lyndallfarley

Freedom Before FI:

Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ Worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

Website: Check out our resources and services at www.freedombeforefi.com

Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

I share 2 stories from prominent members of the Slow FI Community who have used Coast FI to help them get freedom from toxic work environments and follow their passions. The first one is Jessica from The Fioneers and the second is Anders Skagerberg from the Coast FI Guy.

Today’s topics:

Coast FI Story 1 - Jessica from The Fioneers

• I give a summary of her story on how Jess used Coast FI in her life
• I talk about her journey before knowing about Coast FI
• The toxic work environment that prompted her to make a change
• How she deployed her Coast FI strategy
• The freedoms she was able to gain using Coast FI
• Sabbaticals and part-time work
• The passion projects she was able to pursue because of her FI journey
• How she was able to go full time on her passion project (The Fioneers)

Her motto is “The journey should be as remarkable as the destination”

Coast FI Story 2 - Anders Skagerberg from the Coast FI Guy

• I talk about Anders’ work journey before knowing about Coast FI
• The work environment that prompted him to make a change
• The turning point that made him want to downshift his work
• How he deployed his Coast FI strategy
• The type of work which allowed him loads of flexibility
• Seasonal work and freelancing
• The passion work he was able to pursue because of his new found flexibility (including the Coast FI Guy)

He says…. “I feel that I get 80% of the benefits of FI without having to wait for full Financial Independence”

Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

Website: Check out our resources and services at www.freedombeforefi.com

Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

This week I’ll be giving you my 3 biggest lessons learned from the mindset shifting book Die With Zero ‘Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life’, written by Bill Perkins in 2020. This is not your typical FI book, but it helped shift our thinking - especially those in the FIRE community - on how we use money to get maximum fulfilment and enjoyment out of our lives.

Today’s topics:

• Outline concept of the book
• Key Lesson No. 1
• Key Lesson No. 2
• Key Lesson No. 3

This episode wraps up the 5 part mini-series on the Financial Independence books that have helped us on our journey… and we’re still on that journey!

Books we covered recently:

1. Rich Dad Poor Dad
2. Quit Like a Millionaire
3. The Simple Path to Wealth
4. How to Retire Early
5. Die with Zero

Freedom Before FI Links:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ Worksheet at: ⁠https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/⁠
• Website: Check out our resources and services at ⁠https://freedombeforefi.com/⁠
• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

On this episode I share 3 big lessons I learned from the book How to Retire Early ‘Your Guide to Getting Rich Slowly and Retiring on Less' by Robert and Robin Charlton. This was an awesome hidden gem of a FIRE book, and what made it even more awesome was that both Robert and Robin retired early at the age of 43 without earning massive salaries to travel the world. They were not Engineers, Doctors or Lawyers and FIRE’d through consistency, hard work and time. Now the authors do things they love like travelling and creative writing using the Financial Freedom they gained.

Today’s topics:

• Intro to the book
• Key Lesson No. 1
• Key Lesson No. 2
• Key Lesson No. 3

Freedom Before FI Links:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ Worksheet at: ⁠https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/⁠
• Website: Check out our resources and services at ⁠https://freedombeforefi.com/⁠
• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

On this episode I share 3 big lessons I learned from the book The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins. This is one of my favourite books on the FIRE movement and it helped me a lot to understand more about the stock market and index fund investing during my early research days.

Today’s topics:

• Outline concept of the book
• Key Lesson No. 1
• Key Lesson No. 2
• Key Lesson No. 3

Freedom Before FI Links:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ Worksheet at: ⁠https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/⁠
• Website: Check out our resources and services at ⁠https://freedombeforefi.com/⁠
• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice