Dear Rask Australia reader,
Every day, thousands of Australians just like you are on a mission:
To retire on your own terms.
The ground-swell in the personal finance community is immense.
And it’s the reason why my co-host and colleague Kate Campbell created what I think is the best online money course we’ve ever created for Rask Education. You can click here to learn more and enrol in our FREE course today.
My definition of financial independence (FI) is the ability to spend time doing what I want, when I want, with who I want.
Like Warren Buffett, I’m not in a rush to retire. I skip to work each day.
(Full disclosure: it’s about 4 ‘skips’ from our family bedroom to my home office, where I spend 3 days per week).
I get to work with great people, learn from talented professionals, and educate families and investors to use their money better.
That said, I always want the optionality to retire early, and never feel bound by money.
Deep down I know the only way for me to offer the best life I can for myself and my family is to:
- Spend more on things that bring me happiness (holidays, events, coffee, etc.)
- Spend less on things that don’t bring us joy (mortgages, petrol, clothes & phone bills)
- Invest the difference for the long-run
- Repeat
How much do you need to retire?
The amount of money you need to retire comfortably will vary on your age, investing ability and lifestyle.
An ‘average’ Australian couple needs $62,000 per year to live a comfortable retirement today. That’s according to offical ASFA numbers.
However, with interest rates around zero, property prices very high and the rising cost of living, I would need at least $2,000,000 to retire comfortably.
(Please keep in mind, I’m well off retirement age so my pool of capital would have to last me 50+ years… I hope).
Again, what financial independence and a comfortable retirement means to me is probably very different to what it means for you.
Achieve your goals. Learn about the FIRE movement today.
Take our free course
After nearly 12 months of research, learning, interviewing, strategy, design and editorial, the Rask Australia team, led by Kate, have put together the biggest and best financial independence, retire early (FIRE) course I have ever seen.
Forget what you’ve heard about ramen noodles and self-depreciation, the FIRE movement is one of the best money movements currently underway in Australia. It is empowering millions of ordinary people to take control of their money and investing once and for all.
In our 100% free online course, you will discover and learn:
- If FIRE is right for you
- The different ways to achieve FIRE
- How to reduce your expenses & increase your income (while increasing your happiness!)
- How to invest for an early retirement
- Steps to build a business to earn passive income
- How to play the long game when everything seems to be going against you
- Steps to build your ideal life, and
- How to approach life with absolute optimism
As I said, this course took a year to create and publish – and yet we’re offering it for FREE!
We’re doing this for one reason, and one reason only:
In 2021, we want to help 10,000 Aussies and Kiwis learn to manage their money and invest better. We’re over half-way there!
Kate and I believe this course and the tools/strategies you’ll learn are so important to consider that we just had to make it a free course. To reach the most people. Just like you.
And even if this course is not for you, please share this email with a friend or family member who could benefit.
An added perk to completing the course is that if you score 60% or more on our final course quiz you’ll get a $100 coupon code to use on a Rask membership! Unlimited retakes allowed.
So, let’s consider what’s on offer:
- A 100% free online finance course – I think it’s the best in Australia
- Actionable strategies & insights to help you retire early
- Go at your own pace and test your knowledge
- Get a FIRE course Rask certificate upon completion
- Earn your $100 Rask coupon code with a score of 60% or more on our final (easy) quiz
- The ability to share a life-changing resource with friends or family, and
- The chance to make Kate and me very happy
Best of all: there are no expectations. You can take this course anytime, anywhere, on any device – and work on it slowly over months or years.
Click this link to enrol for free.
I’ll end this email with a quote from Warren Buffett:
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
