Afford Anything | Make smart choices about your money, time and productivity
By Paula Pant – Entrepreneur, investor, and world traveler (40+ countries). Self-proclaimed nerd
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Description
You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. Every decision is a trade-off against another choice. But how deeply do we contemplate these choices? Are we settling for the default mode? Or are we ruthlessly optimizing around a deliberate life? Host Paula Pant interviews a diverse array of entrepreneurs, early retirees, millionaires, investors, artists, adventurers, scientists, psychologists, productivity experts, world travelers and regular people, exploring the tough work of living a truly excellent life. Want to learn more? Download our free book, Escape, at http://affordanything.com/escape
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Clean#048: How to Overcome Procrastination and Perfectionism, with Stephen Guise | Imagine that your goal is to build a flat stomach and stronger biceps. But deep down, subconsciously, you’re afraid you might fail. So you procrastinate. “I’ll work out tomorrow,” you tell yourself. “Or next week. Or next year.” As a... | 10/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#047: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy, with Clark Howard | Today's guest is New York Times bestseller, radio and television personality, Clark Howard. While Clark 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... | 10/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#046: The Unbelievable Power of Building a Community - Live at FinCon | This episode is a little unusual because I interviewed fellow podcast listeners live at FinCon (a conference for financial bloggers). Why? To get to know you and understand you better. I want to know what makes you tick, and where your interest... | 10/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#045: Ask Paula - Should I Invest $5,500 in One Huge Chunk? - and More Investing Questions | Podcast listener Eva is interested in opening a Vanguard account. She noticed that people need $50,000 to access their personal advisor services. It'll take her several years before she can access this. What should she do in the meantime? Amy, another... | 10/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#044: "Why I Quit My Dream Job" – with entrepreneur Leslie Samuel | When Leslie Samuel immigrated to the U.S. at age 17, he hoped for the American Dream: an education, a secure job, and a traditional career path. But during his college years, Leslie realized he had an entrepreneurial streak. He made a few attempts at... | 9/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#043: Jean Chatzky Shares Money Rules for Modern Life | Today's guest is Jean Chatzky, financial editor for the TODAY Show, host of the HerMoney podcast and a frequent guest on TV shows like Oprah, Regis & Kelly, and The View. She's the bestselling author of many books, including Money Rules, which we... | 9/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#042: The Incredible Value of Deep Work, Instead of Distraction – with Cal Newport | Your most valuable asset isn't your house, car or retirement portfolio. It's your attention. Most knowledge workers spend their day franticly hopping between meetings, emails, phone calls and social media. But that's not the best way to stand out in... | 9/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#041: Ask Paula: Investing, Rebalancing and Renovating | Mollie, a listener, is making smart money moves. She's getting the maximum match on 403b contributions. She's saving for a downpayment on a home. Her husband opened a Roth IRA. What's next? After listening to the Jim Collins episode, Mollie wants... | 9/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#040: The Power of Habit Formation, with Gretchen Rubin | Most of us want to develop better habits. We want to exercise more, eat healthier, get more sleep, watch TV less, pay off debt, or save money. The problem? We make excuses. We tell ourselves we'll splurge "just this one time." We convince ourselves... | 8/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#039: The Seven Stages of Financial Independence, with Joshua Sheats | It's tempting to think of "financial independence" as a finish line. You've either crossed the finish line, or you're still running the race. But financial independence is more nuanced, says today's guest, Joshua Sheats. We... | 8/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#038: Why You're Not As Busy As You Think, with Laura Vanderkam | There are 168 hours in a week. If you work 40 hours per week and sleep 8 hours per night, you’ve accounted for 96 hours. You have an additional 72 waking hours per week. What are you doing with this time? That’s the question... | 8/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#037: Chris Guillebeau -- How to Live a Remarkable Life in a Conventional World | Chris writes about life, work and travel. He has visited every country in the world and written a number of New York Times best selling books. He joins us to talk about challenging ourselves, experimentation,and deliberately changing our direction.... | 8/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#036: Ask Paula -- Should I Buy a Turnkey Rental Property? -- and More Real Estate Investing Question | It's the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means ... Time for another Ask Paula episode! On today's show, I answer a handful of phone calls from listeners who posed questions about real estate investing. One caller from Atlanta... | 7/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#035: How to Start Freelancing on the Side, with Carrie Smith from Careful Cents | Carrie Smith enjoyed her full-time accounting job, but she wanted to make extra money on the side. Who doesn't, right? She landed a second job in a tax office, working 9-to-5 for one employer and 5-to-9 for the other. She earned... | 7/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#034: How I Built a Six-Figure Online Store -- with Steve Chou from My Wife Quit Her Job | Steve Chou's wife used to work grueling hours at a job she dreaded and despised. When she became pregnant with their first child, she decided to quit. The problem? She earned six figures, and their family needed that... | 7/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#033: How I Became a Millionaire on a Military Salary - with Doug Nordman | After serving in the Navy for 20 years, Doug Nordman, then-age 41, retired from his military career. Most of his peers started second careers in the civilian world. But Doug didn't. He had an ace up his sleeve: he had spent his military... | 7/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#032: Ask Paula: The Market Might Drop. Should I Sell? | Should you sell your stocks, given that we might be heading for a possible downturn? Also, what are the downsides of index funds? Should you invest in out-of-state rental properties, and if so, how can you figure out where to look? These are just a... | 7/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#031: The Simple Path to Wealth, with Jim Collins | Jim Collins, also known as popular blogger JLCollins, has been financially independent since 1989. He achieved this in the simplest way possible: he saved half of his income and invested in index funds. Jim says the simplest possible approach is the... | 6/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#030: Okay, I’m Financially Independent. Now What? -- with Jim Wang | When Jim Wang was 29-and-a-half, life changed forever. Jim started an online company (a blog) in his mid-20's. His website grew to several hundred thousand readers and started earning five-figure monthly sums. It sounds too good to be true. I know.... | 6/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#029: Ask Paula: Pay Debt vs Buy a Home? Invest in Index Funds vs Creative Alternative? | Call in your questions to the Money Show Hotline http://themoneyshow.co/voicemail Paula answers questions you sent in about multi-level marketing, paying off credit card debt vs buying a house, and socially responsible investing. You can find other... | 6/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#028: How I Woke Up, Removed the Blindfold, and Noticed My Money for the First Time -- with Evelyn Connors | Most people only pay attention if there's a problem - that includes money. Guest, Evelyn Connors gets honest and raw about her previous understanding of how money works and her uber-excitement of taking control of her FI (financial independence).... | 6/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#027: Pete the Planner, Comedian-Turned-Money-Columnist, on Millionaires and Mock Retirements | Pete the Planner talks about why millionaire-dom is important and why it's important to try a "mock retirement" | 5/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#026: Last Show With Jay | Sometimes you need to let go of the good for the great. Jay Money has started a lot of projects, only to let them go because they didn't match his goals. The show must go on - and it will with Paula at the wheel. Jay will be back from time to time... | 5/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#025: The Stacking Benjamins Roundtable Plays a Game of 'Would You Rather' | Would you rather...have $15k in quarters or $15k in dollar bills? Today we have fun with Joe Saul-Sehy, Len Penzo and Greg McFarlane (HELLO Greg) from the Stacking Benjamins Roundtable. For more serious episodes about M.O.N.E.Y., visit the archives... | 5/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#024: Ask Us Anything #4 - Betterment, Wealthfront, Robo-Investing -- What's the Deal? | You ask. We answer. Let's grab a beer. This is the first Ask Us Anything in which we hear YOUR voices -- which makes this episode extra-awesome. In this week's episode, Paula and J. Money tackle listener-submitted questions, such as: Investing: ... | 5/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#023: Farnoosh Torabi, Host of CNBC's Follow the Leader, Spills the Secrets of Successful CEOs | Farnoosh Torabi is host of CNBC's Follow the Leader. She shares stories about spending 48 hours with the most influential business leaders in the nation. For a list of notes and resources, visit http://TheMoneyShow.co/Episode23 | 5/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#022: How Jeremy and Winnie Retired in Their 30's | Jeremy and Winnie are the bloggers behind Go Curry Cracker. They took a vacation to the Philippines and decided this was where they wanted to live - and retire there early (like REALLY early). For more information visit http://TheMoneyShow.co | 4/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#021: Making Money as a Voice Over Actor with Carrie Olsen | Carrie Olsen started podcasting with her husband, then dipped her toe into the voice-over industry and is KILLING IT! For more great M.O.N.E.Y. episodes, visit http://TheMoneyShow.co/episodes | 4/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#020: From Debt to Financial Independence, with Get Rich Slowly Founder JD Roth | The Money Boss, JD Roth, went from $35k in credit card debt to selling a personal finance blog for an undisclosed amount of money. Today he shares how financial independence affected him - and how having enough money to be financially independent... | 4/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#019: Football and Hip-Hop's Financial Advisor Rob Wilson Talks About Managing Celebrity Money | Financial Advisor to the stars, Rob Wilson, gives us the inside scoop on what kind of help celebrities and sports heroes need. What he tells us may surprise you! For more M.O.N.E.Y. goodness check out our other episodes at http://TheMoneyShow.co | 4/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#018: Ask Us Anything #3 - Real Estate Investing Edition | Listener questions are back by popular demand! Paula answers your questions about real estate investing niches, strategies, and things to stay away from. For more M.O.N.E.Y. goodness, visit http://TheMoneyShow.co/18 | 3/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#017: Making Money as an Uber and Lyft Driver, with The RideShare Guy Harry Campbell | Harry began driving for Uber 2 years. Now he's making 6-figures sharing tips for how to maximize time and profit with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and PostMates. For Harry's rideshare money-making tips, visit http://themoneyshow.co/harrycampbell | 3/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#016: How Aaron Epstein Went from Side Hustler to Selling a Multi-Million Dollar Company | Aaron Epstein shares his story of shoveling snow as a kid to launching a profitable website during college to selling a multi-million dollar company. For more visit http://TheMoneyShow.co/16 | 3/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#015: Ask Us Anything #2 - Dollar Cost Averaging, Pay off Debt or Invest | Q&A #2 with Paula, the analytical one, and J. Money, the heart of your M.O.N.E.Y. Team Follow along with the answers: http://themoneyshow.co/15 | 3/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#014: So You Want to Be a Blogger? | Can you make money as a blogger? How? We share the good and bad reasons for choosing to go into blogging. Send us your questions or comments http://TheMoneyShow.co/14 | 2/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#013: How to Destroy Your Stupid Debt, with Steve Stewart (and the Controversy Around Dave Ramsey!) | Steve and his wife got on the Dave Ramsey plan and they paid off their house! Plus, Steve's little coaching trick of Rent vs Buy vs Invest. Get more at http://TheMoneyShow.co/13 | 2/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#012: Ask Us Anything #1 - Student Loan Help, Tax Hacks, Time Management Tips and REITs - MONEY012 | It's time to pick the brains of Paula and J. Money with our first ever "ASK US ANYTHING" episode. Follow along with the answers: http://themoneyshow.co/12 | 2/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#011: Making $100k from eBay and Airbnb with Jay & Ryanne | Jay and Ryanne have created a beautiful life for themselves scavenging for resale items in rural areas and renting houses in the Shenandoah National Park area of VA. Read more at http://TheMoneyShow.co/11 | 2/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#010: From Millionaire to Broke, Plus the Habits of the Rich, with Tom Corley | OMG! It's Tom Corley, the RICH HABITS guy! Jay is having a heart attack. Tom Corley studied self-made millionaires and poor people to come up with some interesting results. He wrote about it in a story called "Rich Habits". Tom shares his story of... | 2/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#009: Tools We Use to Kick Ass and Grow Wealth | Checking, savings, investment accounts, car insurance, credit cards, even umbrella insurance - it's all covered in this episode. These are the financial tools Jay Money and Paula Pant use. For a complete list of resources, visit http://TheMoneyShow.co/09 | 2/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#008: How Jay Became a Half-a-Millionaire -- and Why He Wants You to Track Your Net Worth | J. Money is a HALF-MILLY! He loves to share his journey to growing net worth on his blog, as well as the net worth of 180 other financial bloggers. See the short list and find links to resources by visiting the blog at http://TheMoneyShow.co/08 | 2/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#007: The Mad Fientist Reveals the Science of Financial Independence | One of the M.O.N.E.Y. Show's favorite personal finance bloggers joins Paula and J. Money to talk about retiring early and hacking your HSA. For full show notes with links to resources, visit http://TheMoneyShow.co/07 | 2/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#006: How to Transition from Hustler to Entrepreneur | J. Money says a hustle is "a way to make money on the side, but more of a passion project or something that is fun. You do it for more than just money.” Paula says it’s a “microbusiness". No matter how you slice it, a hustle is a way to make... | 1/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#005: How Kids Affect Your Hustle (and it's Okay!) | Paula wants to know how J. Money’s life has changed as a hustler since having kids. For a while, J worked less and made less money. "It was a conscious decision to not make as much money for a while. I was more than happy making less because I was... | 1/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#004: Ultimate Beginner Guide to Real Estate Investing | In this episode, Paula shares a confession. Then she redeems herself by sharing her gross monthly income. (Yeah. Listen from the beginning). Full show notes at http://TheMoneyShow.co/04 There are a variety of ways to invest in real estate: Flipping... | 1/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#003: Habits We Rock to Kick Ass and Grow Wealth | Paula and J. Money share the financial habits they use to grow wealth. Full show notes can be found at http://themoneyshow.co/03 Listen as they share their favorites (and a couple neat tricks): Track Net Worth Maximize retirement savings accounts Pay... | 1/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#002: Don’t Feel Guilty - Buy a Coke Zero and Pay Someone to Mow Your Lawn | Once again, Paula and J. Money see things differently. J. Money preaches budgeting, Paula practices the “anti-budget”. J. Money examines every expense to find savings. A couple years ago he switched phone providers and saves $100 a month, $20 a... | 1/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#001: The Story of M.O.N.E.Y. -- Having Heart and Hustle | Becoming successful in finances takes more than M.O.N.E.Y. - it takes heart and hustle. Meet Paula Pant and J. Money. Both worked day jobs before becoming successful bloggers. They share their stories about buying a house before the market tanked,... | 1/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Paula is a smart one
Paula is well spoken and seems like she is smart. I am not sure what value J Bone or J train( or whatever his made up name is) brings to the show. He seems confused about everything and doesn know any specifics. But the show is worth listening to because of Paula.
REAL Money with Human Insight
J and Paula, each financial and entrepreneurial rockstars in their own right, have fabulous rapport. This podcast is the perfect combination of real, authentic storytelling and expert insight and advice. A must for anyone who wants to engage in a positive relationship with their money and start building a life on their own terms.
These people take the BS out of PBS
My first impression, "These people take the BS out of PBS". You both have a great tone color and are TRULY a pleasure to listen to. Like seriously you have voices for radio. My only suggestion for J Money would be to find your cadence, because there is greatness there. Paula, your cadence is pitch perfect. Otherwise, for simpletons like me, you may consider providing a description of your line-item "agenda" at the beginning of each episode (think subheadings, not just big picture) and then verify each point along the way. It could still be colloquial, but structured so that morons like me can anticipate the progression of your conversation. That anticipation/ reward makes it really fun as a listener. But overall, as always, great message. I've been reading every finance blog I can find for the last 3 years and when I saw you were teaming up it was like "batman and superman, together?!" And then I heard your beautiful voices=mind-blown. Congrats on your current and continued success, and thank you for being catalysts that helped to change my financial destiny.
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