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Aug 2025
1h 22m

Zero-Based Everything: FI, Travel, and t...

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Most people obsess over net worth. Katie and Alan Donegan calculate something entirely different: their freedom fund. Joined by Brad, the trio unpacks five and a half years of full-time travel, the psychological trap of dividend investing, and why zero-based thinking—"Knowing what I know now, would I choose this again?"—has become their most powerful decisio ... Show More
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