Summary of Rob Berger's Retire Before Mom and Dad

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#1 The world has blinded us from the truth about money and happiness. In the movie The Matrix, the illusion that the world was normal was created by the Matrix. In our world, the deception we’ve come to believe about money and happiness comes from many sources.

#2 The world tells us that the average person can’t achieve Financial Freedom. Unless you make a six-figure salary, are born into money, or win the lottery, you can forget about becoming a millionaire or attaining Financial Freedom.

#3 If we believe Lie #2, we don’t see Financial Freedom as a goal worth pursuing. We’ll never reach the goal, and we’ll be too old to enjoy it once we do. But Lie #2 doesn’t see Financial Freedom as a destination decades away. It sees it as a journey that can begin very early on.

#4 The world tells us that true happiness is expensive. The American dream requires a big house, two fancy cars, and world travel. Without this stuff, we’re not living life to the fullest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669380443

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Insights on Rob Berger's Retire Before Mom and Dad

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The world has blinded us from the truth about money and happiness. In the movie The Matrix, the illusion that the world was normal was created by the Matrix. In our world, the deception we’ve come to believe about money and happiness comes from many sources.

#2

The world tells us that the average person can’t achieve Financial Freedom. Unless you make a six-figure salary, are born into money, or win the lottery, you can forget about becoming a millionaire or attaining Financial Freedom.

#3

If we believe Lie #2, we don’t see Financial Freedom as a goal worth pursuing. We’ll never reach the goal, and we’ll be too old to enjoy it once we do. But Lie #2 doesn’t see Financial Freedom as a destination decades away. It sees it as a journey that can begin very early on.

#4

The world tells us that true happiness is expensive. The American dream requires a big house, two fancy cars, and world travel. Without this stuff, we’re not living life to the fullest.

#5

The world tells us that investing is complicated, confusing, risky, and scary. The investing world uses jargon that we don’t understand. How can we possibly be expected to make good investing decisions.

#6

The Five Lies are: that we can never achieve Financial Freedom on our salary, that we don’t want to sacrifice our happiness now in the hopes of retiring in 40 years, and that happiness requires us to spend lots of money.

#7

We all have a baseline of happiness. Positive events like getting a raise or buying a new car may temporarily increase our level of happiness, but we'll eventually return to our baseline.

#8

The red pill is the truth, and it will open your eyes to a world of Financial Freedom you’ve never imagined. Are you