#132 Making Money Simple & Smart - Nick Maggiulli on blogging into a new career, writing for smart people, building relationships in the finance world, the lifestyle creep myth, dying with too much money, and money emotions

• 0:00 – Video intro
• 0:45 – Introduction
• 1:23 – The scripts nick grew up with
• 5:03 – The pebble in Nick’s shoe
• 6:16 – On writing books and blogging
• 9:46 – Maximising money vs living your life
• 19:22 – Writing his first blog post
• 21:30 – Why Nick used to hate writing
• 23:55 – Nick’s inspirations
• 25:08 – Good and bad writing
• 27:42 – Blogging and work
• 29:57 – Why Nick doesn’t want to become a full-time creator
• 31:57 – Why did blogging take off
• 33:43 – Building relationships in the NYC finance scene
• 36:16 – “Just Keep Buying”
• 37:11 – Why the writers shouldn’t dumb down their books
• 38:39 – Debunking the “lifestyle creep”
• 41:42 – Allowing yourself to spend money
• 44:58 – Joking about book titles
• 45:49 – Dying with too much money
• 50:07 – Leaving inheritance
• 53:25 – Subjectivity of perceiving money
• 56:33 – Why Paul feels he’s already retired
• 1:01:45 – People’s assumptions about money
• 1:03:24 – Early retirement and liking your work
• 1:08:58 – Where can we find Nick?
• 1:09:40 – Video outro

Nick Maggiulli is a finance data analyst and writer. He is the author of “Just Keep Buying” and has a blog titled “Of Dollars and Data”.

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• Twitter: @dollarsanddata

• Blog: Of Dollars and Data

• Nick’s Book: Just Keep Buying

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