How to Build Your Path to Financial Freedom

How to Build Your Path to Financial Freedom

Financial freedom is achievable. We all want it, but how do we get it? As you hear me say, financial freedom is achievable. You may be sitting somewhere in the middle east or packing up your house for another PCS, thinking there’s no way I can have financial freedom. Well, I’m here to tell you you’re wrong. It’s possible for you to make money beyond your imagination but to make it happen, you have to start carving out your own path. Imagine if your take-home pay last month was $192,847. Imagine if you make more in one pay period than would normally take you years to earn. It’s possible for the military community, and I know that because $192,847 is how much my guest, John Lee Dumas took home in income last month alone. And I know that not because we’re best friends but because he publishes his monthly income on his website. John is a veteran who was part of the first class of commissioned Army officers after 9/11. He is the founder and host of the award-winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire. With over 100 million listens of his 3000+ episodes, JLD has turned Entrepreneurs On Fire into a media empire that generates over a million listens every month and 7-figures of NET annual revenue 8-years in a row. I had the opportunity to ask John how he does it and how service members, veterans, and spouses can do the same. We also talk about his first traditionally published book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success, and its 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment.

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Build Your Path to Financial Freedom Details

  • The internal and external obstacles to financial freedom
  • How to overcome the obstacles in your path
  • John’s advice on deciding to stay in or get out
  • How to decide on your big idea
  • Action steps for your path to financial freedom
  • The biggest advantage the service members have on the path to financial freedom
  • What the biggest weakness the military has and how to avoid it
  • The peak and pit of JLD’s path to financial freedom
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