By Paula Pant
Welcome to Greatest Hits Week — five days, five episodes from our vault, spelling out F-I-I-R-E.
Today’s letter F stands for Financial Psychology. And we’re diving deep with a conversation that changed how thousands of our listeners think about money.
This episode originally aired in November 2022, but the insights feel more relevant than […]
By Paula Pant
What would you do if an authority figure told you to do something that felt wrong? Today’s episode dives into the surprising psychology behind why we often comply — even when our gut tells us not to.
Paula revisits one of her favorite interviews of the year with Dr. Sunita Sah, […]
By Paula Pant
“Should I buy a home?” Home prices have soared, interest rates remain sticky, and many first-time buyers feel like they’re watching the train pull out of the station. If you’ve saved for years but can’t afford a home nearby, should you stretch to buy (maybe hours away) or invest that cash instead?
In this episode, […]
By Paula Pant
Fifty dollars. That’s how much this couple transferred to their “Trip to Europe” savings account each time they cooked dinner instead of going to a restaurant.
By year’s end, they had funded their dream vacation — not through strict budgeting or sheer willpower, but by creating habits that worked for […]
Written By Paula Pant
We cover five pillars: financial psychology, increasing your income, investing, real estate, and entrepreneurship. It’s double-ii FiiRE.
Today, I’m diving deep into the first pillar: financial psychology.
Pillar I | Financial Psychology
Most of us have one of three attitudes towards money: we’re anxious, we’re avoidant, or we’re obsessed.
Those of us who are anxious can sometimes express that in the form of frugality, which […]
