Things I like that you might like too!
Books*
The Simple Path To Wealth – The only book you really need to read to learn how to get rich. It’s not like other financial-type books in that it’s easy to read and quite engaging. Must read. You can read my full review here.
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less – Decluttering things from your life is popular these days, but this book goes further and shows how to declutter your life. It’s about getting your time back, about focus, about learning how to say “no”.
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy – What goes around comes around. Seneca and the Stoics got a lot of things right way back in Roman times. From delayed gratification to minimizing worry, the ancient philosophy of Stoicism teaches lifestyle techniques that helped me achieve financial independence. Highly recommended.
The Magic Of Thinking Big – This book is equally inspiring and hilarious. It was written in 1959 but the messages hold true today. Elevator summary: Your success in life is largely commensurate with your attitude. It contains all sorts of funny 1959-type examples and vignettes that tend to begin with “One day my secretary was getting me coffee….” A window into by-gone days but a great book.
Younger Next Year – This is an amazing book that shows age is not a barrier to fitness and health. Written by a doctor and an older funny dude, they play a great ying/yang and make it very entertaining. The bottom line – you can get more fit as you age. I’m proof of that as I’m way faster and stronger than I was in my 20’s and 30’s.
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain – Ever wonder why you think up such great ideas or emails on your hard runs or rides?
Yeah, it’s because exercise is the best thing for your brain. This book is incredible and the clinical evidence behind exercise and the brain is fascinating.
The Millionaire Next Door – Simply one of the classics, a must read. Millionaires are more often the guy or gal next door with the beat up car and normal house. The guy with the Porsche is likely in debt.
Money-Type-Things
Vanguard – The best, nothing more needs to be said. I’ve been with them since 1997.
FIRECalc – This simple calculator gives you a basic picture of where you stand to position for retirement. Just enter how much you have invested and how much you’ll be spending each year and it will tell you how often your strategy would have worked throughout history.
Shopping/Saving-Type-Things
camelcamlecamel – This site rocks as it tracks virtually every product on Amazon over time and maps out the price data for you. You can set email alerts for specific price targets and let them stalk the product for you instead of having to check back with Amazon all the time to see if what you want went on sale. Booyah.
Rakuten (formerly Ebates) – This site gives you money back when you shop at lots of large online stores, at no cost to you. So if you’re going to use Amazon, you use the same Amazon website, same prices, nothing’s different. But use your Rakuten account link first and you’ll get cash back from certain departments in Amazon’s store. It’s the same logic as using a credit card over cash – if they’re trying to give you something back (points, miles etc), why not take it!
Get a free $10 gift card by using my link to sign up for Rakuten for when you make a qualifying $25 purchase .
Swagbucks – This site is similar to Ebates in that you can get money back for online shopping but Swagbucks offers many other ways to make money including doing online surveys, search, and even watching videos. They also do cool promos with charitable organizations where you get a certain amount of Swagbucks for donating to charity. Swagbucks payout directly to your PayPal account or you can use them for gift cards.
Use my link to sign up for Swagbucks for Free and I’ll get a little referral bonus at no cost to you!
Solar Charger
I charge all of my smaller gadgets (smartphone, tablet, GPS watch, mp3 player etc) at home with free energy from the sun. This is the solar charger I use. I highly recommend it!
For coffee, you need the Aeropress, nothing else. It makes the best cup of coffee out there, with a uber-simple design. An best of all, it packs small to take on camping trips or even back and forth to work. Do yourself a favor and get one, I promise you won’t regret it!
Strava – The best social network out there because it helps make your body a better machine. Upload the GPS files of your outdoor activities and compare your times over certain ‘segments’ to others and your younger self. I love it when I set a PR because by default a PR means I just got older and faster. That which does not kill me hurts my friggin’ knees a lot!
Veloviewer – Basically it’s Strava data on steroids and human growth hormone combined. You can cut/slice/dice/dissect your workout data in every way imaginable, complete with great visuals. You must be on Strava to use this site but it’s free with a paid option for more functionality. Fitness buffs and math geeks unite – form of: DORKS!
Computer-Type-Things
AnyDesk – AnyDesk lets you run any one of your computers from another, or even a tablet or phone. It simply rocks and I can’t imagine life without it.
Information
Heterodox Academy– Heterodox Academy is a nonpartisan collaborative of 5,000+ professors, educators, administrators, staff, and students who are committed to enhancing the quality of research and education by promoting open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in institutions of higher learning.
In this age of mainstream media censorship and deception, extreme tribalism, social media bubbles, and black/white thinking void of nuance, heterodox viewpoints are more important than ever.
Climbing
In July 2018 I finished climbing all 58 mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet high, also known as the “14ers”. You can read about it here and how it relates to your money.
You can also see the gear I used and recommend here.
*We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Recent Comments