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Financial Freedom
by Grant Sabatier
Sabatier went from $2.26 in his bank account to $1 million in five years. Unlike most FIRE books, this one is weighted toward the income side — side hustles, salary negotiation, and building earning power — rather than squeezing the last dollar out of a budget.
Key takeaways
- ★There are only so many expenses to cut, but income is uncapped
- ★Calculate your real hourly rate — it changes how you value purchases
- ★Front-load saving aggressively; the early years do the heavy lifting
- ★Side income compounds faster than frugality alone
- ★Money buys freedom and time, not things — optimize for the former