Mr. Money Mustache
14 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 27, 2017 by Mr. Money Mustache · across every show →
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Adeney: Lower earnings make time spent on frugality hacks more valuable
“So the less you earn in your regular job, the more valuable your time becomes in, in these frugality hacks of cutting down your expenses, And figuring out how to get around for free and where to get the food that is good for you, but not super expensive.”
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Pete Adeney retired at 30 and started blogging six years later
“I just did everything according to my own strange values, and then retired roughly, like, just before I turned 31, so that's why I still claim I retired at 30, and then lived that way for about six years before even thinking of writing this down in the form of…”
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Mr. Money Mustache: Cults are fundamental social structures that enable human cooperation
“People think of a cult as a bad thing, because they're thinking of Waco, Texas, and Kool-Aid, but really it's just a social organization structure, which is a basic Built-in thing to human beings, and it's what allows us to live together and cooperate.”
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Mr. Money Mustache: Building cult-like followings requires 'us versus them' framing
“I think the pro tips are you need to have a identifiable philosophy that's maybe a bit different Than what the normal world is into. So because your people, your cult members are going to organize around this cult. So you maybe want just a little bit of a feel…”
Sep 27, 2017 negative
Mr. Money Mustache: Cars should be luxury tools, not daily commuter vehicles
“Is that a car should be thought of as like a luxury racing wheelchair. So there's times in your life you want a luxury racing wheelchair. For example, when you're with your friends and you're all going up into the mountains in like high altitude in a blizzard …”
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Mr. Money Mustache: Used Craigslist roommates despite earning modern $100k equivalent
“When I moved to the US, even back at the time, I was probably making, in today's dollars, like close to a 100,000 dollars, I still went straight to Craigslist and got a roommate situation. For the first year, because I had to save up a down payment”
Sep 27, 2017 negative
Adeney borrowed money to build speculative houses after early retirement
“When I quit working, I immediately started a construction company because I said, I love building stuff and designing houses and I'm going to make some good. I got style. Yeah. Yeah. So, so we borrowed money to buy land and then borrowed money to build these b…”
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Mr. Money Mustache: Principles enabling early retirement also make individuals crash-proof
“Luckily the same principles that get you to early retirement in good times, Are the same ones that make you more crash proof in bad times. So, which is not designing a bunch of costs into your life that don't have to be there and not you know, not compromising…”