Avoiding Lifestyle Inflation and Bringing Your Goals Closer to the Present with | Ryan Sterling of Future You Wealth | NOF #47

The Nomad on FIRE Podcast

The Nomad on FIRE Podcast | with Ryan Sterling | NOF #47

Guest Bio

Ryan Sterling is the founder of Future You Wealth where he does wealth coaching and investment management. He is also the author of the #1 Amazon Bestseller You're Making Other People Rich: Save, Invest, and Spend with Intention by Ryan Sterling. Ryan has great insights from his 16 years of experience in the wealth management industry. He shares his personal journey and the changes he made that allowed him to leave his job to start his own firm. We talk about tips for avoiding lifestyle inflation, the FIRE movement, bringing your goals closer to the present, entrepreneurship, creative ventures, what a perfect day looks like and so much more!

Links Mentioned

• You're Making Other People Rich: Save, Invest, and Spend with Intention by Ryan Sterling
• Future You Wealth
• Take The Next Step with Ryan Sterling
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Show Notes

• Ryan's background 01:01
• What lifestyle changes did Ryan start making to achieve his ideal life and start his business 07:12
• A perfect day for Ryan 15:30
• Ryan's podcast and creative ventures 18:04
• Will Ryan use Geoarbitrage as a strategy? 20:41
• Why did Ryan want to write You're Making Other People Rich: Save, Invest, and Spend with Intention 24:15
• Strategies to avoid mindless spending 28:44
• Bringing your goals closer to the present 32:00
• Financial independence, embrace entrepreneurship 35:15
• Avoiding lifestyle inflation 39:29
• Recommended investment strategy 47:20
• New positive habit 52:10
• Where to connect with Ryan online 53:20
  • https://ryansterling.com/
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/theryansterling/

Significant Quotes

• "Are we chasing something that is defined for us, or have we defined our best life and what that means" 5:19
• "Are we spending money in a way that is bringing us closer to our best most intentional life or away from it" 9:45

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