FYR062 How to Engineer Your Early Retirement: Paul Belanger

Episode notes

Paul Belanger is back with us to talk about his new book Evidenced-based wealth – How to Engineer Your Retirement. For those who don't know, Paul is PHD chemical engineer who became finically independent at 50, hence the title how to engineer your early retirement. The book is essentially a manual on how to achieve financial independence. It's a fantastic read and one that we highly recommend. Podcast Timestamps: 0:00 to 1:10 Introduction. 1:10 to 10:01 The importance of a high saving rate for achieving early retirement. 10:02 to 15:15 What is the true definition of real money. 15:16 to 21:35 Efficient investing and dividend investing. 21:36 26:10 Using cash as a buffering tool in retirement. 26:11 to 34:10 Portfolio management and Gold. 34:11 to 38:35 Drawing down on your portfolio when you leave the 9 to 5 work environment. 38:36 to 40:50 Closing remarks and wrap up. To give you an overview here are the chapter titles from the book as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction, who is Paul and why did he write this book. Chapter 2: Adopting the right mindset for building wealth. Chapter 3: Unlocking your most powerful wealth-building tool.