Oct 17, 2016
#47: New York Times bestseller, radio and television personality, Clark Howard is known as a personal finance expert, that title doesn't tell the whole story.
He started reading stock tables when he was in fifth grade.
He began investing in real estate at the age of 22.
He created his own travel agency business at the age of 25.
And he became financially independent and retired at age 31.
However, after four years of living on the beach, he was ready to
get back to work. He wanted to help people take control of their
money and, consequently, their lives.
Clark believes that money is the result of the discipline you bring
into your life. Unfortunately, most people want to take the path of
least resistance when it comes to achieving their goals. That's why
so many people fail.
Clark says that the most common mistake he sees his listeners make
is getting in their own way. People give up before they've started
and play the victim.
That's not the path to success - financial or otherwise.
So, how can you stop standing in the way of your own success?
In this episode, we cover that, as well as:
• Clark's journey to financial
independence
• Why he chose to pursue this
audacious goal
• Why he felt ready to jump
back into work after enjoying four years of retirement
• Why we behave the way we do
when it comes to achieving goals
• What money means, and why it
matters
• How to control your reaction
to the inevitable setbacks we experience in life
• Why everyone must live
beneath their means and spend less than they earn to achieve any
financial goal
• What the future of money
holds
There were so many takeaways in this episode, I couldn't list them
all. Clark is brilliant and offers some amazing insights into the
financial industry, as well as business lessons he's learned
throughout his years of being an entrepreneur and managing
teams.
Enjoy!