Jared Dillian is a writer, strategist, financial expert, public speaker, and author of four books, including No Worries: How To Live a Stress-Free Financial Life (out this month!). He joins us to discuss why you should never loan money to your friends or family, why the FIRE movement is a fast track to a miserable life, the hidden costs of being cheap, and MUCH more! Important Links: No Worries: How To Live a Stress-Free Financial Life Jared’s Website Jared’s Twitter Daily Dirtnap We’re Gonna Get Those Bastards Jared Dillian Money Show Notes: From Coast Guard, to Wall Street, to Writer “I am not in the money business—I am in the happy business” The Awesome Portfolio Stop Worrying About Small Financial Decisions The Biggest Financial Decisions You Will Ever Make Keep Your Finances Separate From Your Partner; Never Loan Friends or Family Money To Make Money, You Have to Want Money Generational Attitudes to Money Being Wealthy vs Being Rich Blowing Up Your Identity Improving Financial Education Why Investing Should Be Hard The Hidden Costs of Being Cheap Why People Are Scared of Entrepreneurship The Worst Financial Decision Jared Has Ever Made Jared as Emperor of the World MORE! Books Mentioned: No Worries: How To Live a Stress-free Financial Life; by Jared Dillian Those Bastards: 69 Essays on Life, Creativity, and Meaning; by Jared Dillian All The Evil of This World; by Jared Dillian Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers; by Jared Dillian Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!; by Robert T. Kiyosaki The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; by Stephen R. Covey