I Can't Believe This Happened
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- It's not what you think. This isn't a brag video, it's about the choices I made around 5 years ago that led to me paying off our house and leaving my corporate job almost 3 years ago. Happy to answer questions below and please let me know what you think!
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Nice work! Time to buy more Tesla’s.
Xcellent idea ;)
Nice work! Time to buy me a Tesla...... 😂 jk Congrats!
@@BenSullinsOfficial he.could start the first Tesla used car lot. 😄
Congratulations ben. So proud
Shouldn’t that be “Teslas” and not “Tesla’s”...?
Congrats! We're about 18 months away from being in the same situation. Keeping costs low, working hard and putting everything we earn into paying off debts instead of big cars or big houses does wonders.
Super happy for you and your family. May more success and financial freedom be in store for your future.
Sean Mitchell I keep up with a bunch of RUclips channels (hyperchange, now you know, etc.). I just found this presidential candidate that seems to fit with an Elon musk mentality and am wanting to hear some of your takes on Andrew Yangs ideas. I’ve only known about him since seeing him on Joe Rogan last week.
Just graduated from college and started my career as a Data Analyst. Thank you for the inspiration! Keep up the good work!
I'm in my last semester I hope to get a supply chain analyst job
You deserve it man, working hard. Congratulations Ben to you and your family. Travel more around the world and see what happens elsewhere. As we spoke about it. We do it since years and it opens your mind and focus. We dont need a big house and 5 Cars,etc.
Huch, du, hier?
@@Kronyos schau mal nach meinem Video mit Ben
Congratulation! Amazing feeling to be free from debt.
Congratulations on pay off the house bro. An astonishing accomplishment in our America today. I find it inspirational.
When I grow up I wanna be like you.
same
We love you!
jehugarcia lol
You need to aim much much higher than that, aim to be like Elon.
Ha, jehu
Nice! I hear your story very well. I paid mine off at age 40. I live just north of you. Don’t have any friends that understand what it means to me. It frees up your life to do what you want and don’t want to do. I just purchased mid range model 3 ( love it! ) cause I don’t have house payment.
I don’t tell anybody about my finances but they asked if I win lottery when I bought Tesla. Lol. I don’t make much money and looking for work now, but car is my only bill. I’m not looking to sell my house and make tons of money, just want to live simple life. I never made much money, just bought house at age 23 and kept making payments and extra $100 when I could. Been told to sell and upgrade and invest money many times. I just stayed in house and made payments. I’m not a risk taker. Peace of mind, security, and more choices of what I want to do makes my life happier. The feeling you expressed at beginning Video was what I felt but had nobody to share with that would understand, which is ok, it was very personal to me. Growing up with so much insecurity financially makes this special. Congrats Ben 👍🏼
travis romine the state of Ca could be a great work option for you.:-).
mdugars77 I’m open to anything right now. What sounds good?
travis romine trying to figure out a way to trade email without ensuing chaos lol. I can review your resume and give some pointers about applying.
As a guy at the end of my career, Here is the secret to life .
Being debt free.
And have a garden .
Your half way there
How do you know he doesn’t also have a garden?
@@thatkeendude8384 a young professional pursuing success isn't inclined to yard work or garden.
They may have a garden, but it's unlikely .
I recommend "sq ft gardening " by Mel Bartholomew.
Make your own dirt
No weeds 😎
My wife does the gardening in our family, we'll probably make our son do some gardening when he's older too. I just try to support her and try to plant some trees.
This is a real testimonial to what many others could do with their lives starting today! I'm 75 years old. It took me a lot longer than it took you to have my "ah-ha moment". I was in my mid 40s when I learned that the secret to financial and life security was a business where I got paid for the value of what I could do for others rather than the amount of time they wanted to pay for. I haven't mastered the technical aspects yet to scale the value I bring to my client relationships yet. You motivated to get moving doing this. I'm going to put together a 5 year timeline to make this happen. Thanks, Ben.
I have a similar story, but I won't bore everyone with it. What Ben says does work.
If you want to be independent, always be looking for passive income. Although it seems obvious, I've explained the details to many people, but it takes the right kind of person to actually pursue it. Most say it's a good idea but don't follow through. If you want to be successful, follow your passive income ideas. A warning that was part of Ben's story but not explicitly stated: when you look for passive income, Think Big. Real Estate is great if you do it right, and you don't need money, contrary to what people generally think. If you have a genuinely good idea, investors will give you the money. If real estate is your thing, then hang where real estate investors do: real estate clubs which exist in virtually every town.
If real estate isn't your thing, then heed Ben's advice: learn a skill that people will pay a lot of money for. Learn it well, then capitalize on it.
The bottom line is if you sell your time, the most you can make is whatever your can earn at your salary in 8-16 hours. Passive income pays while you sleep.
IDK. "Passive Income" is a phrase now used by a lot of scammers. And look at this from the dark side: people can no longer thrive, or even keep afloat on wage or even salary employment, when people used to be able to do this. It's tragic.
@@squirlmy Like all good ideas, scammers take advantage of people that don't do their homework.
Because you can't keep afloat on wages and salary is the reason why you need to find good investments yielding passive income.
Awesome work Ben. It's amazing how hard work and smart thinking can change your life. Love your channel. Love Our ludicrous future along with Tim and Joe. Keep it up and if you build it they will come.
Great message. I am in my 70's, retired and comfortable and never did anything like you suggest. I sent this on to my 8 nieces and nephews. Thanks for taking the time for this message.......Dave
I did find it kind of funny. I had been subscribed to this channel on youtube for a while and started taking some Pluralsight courses for work. All of the sudden I clicked on a video and was like, "Wait a second, I recognize this voice....". Looked up and saw it was you as the author. I couldn't help but laugh, even had to tell some of my co-workers.
Congrats on paying off the house! What a freeing feeling that must be!
Great accomplishment! Congrats Man!!! 👊
I'm 24 going on 25, Workin as an assembly technician, hating everyday of it. Just signed up for my first year of college, attempting to go for an electrical engineering degree. Working full-time at a relatively labor-intensive facility. The thing is a I feel like I have a talent as an idea man, (I know it sounds stupid) but I've worked with a very small start-up in the past. I was able to understand the problems between engineers, convey that message to the designers while vice-versa conveying the message of the designers to the engineers. That was my start. I later started working in there RD lab, researching and reallying applying old and new technologies to create a product that was wanted from our clients. Long story short I Co-patented a few products but was young and dumb and didn't get much in writing. The company was sold and I was out of work. Explaining my current working situations. I'm decent with my hands, but I'm better with my brain.
How do I convey that to employers, with nothing but words to back that up, no degrees, of anything to speak of? Should I really be pursuing a career in engineering? Or is that a waste of my time, especially considering the fact that I'm still working full-time. I guess I'm just looking for a little guidance, into somewhat fitting into this world, and then breaking free of it, and making my own rules.
With all that being said, congratulations on your success and achievements! It truly is impressive, and what's more, you trying to rise others up with you as you're going up. Something that I think most forget about, or just don't make time for.
Hey Ben, this is great and something I’d hadn’t thought of either, I shall try and pass this on to the younger ones. There is a load on f life skills and knowledge that needs to be passed on. The old adage “I wish known that when I was younger” and that you need to plan your life and goals. It’s not for everyone, some people are not motivated by money or the security it offers. But, for most people they need guidance and mentoring on how to make the best of what they can, accept failure for what it is - a learning opportunity (much easier said than done) and look forward and not back. Things is it’s sounds easy, but maintaining the discipline and not taking the easy route or giving in too impulse is very hard.
I thought Elon himself called you or something when you got choked up after the phone call haha! Still amazing news and great advice! Congratulations Ben
thanks, Ben good to hear. I retired from the Air Force in1994, Jet engine mechanic. Worked in industrial maintenance for 20 years in 3 different industries keeping their equipment running. (2 went out of business) got retirement from the last 2. My 401k covers repairs and emergencies and I draw 2 small checks and 2 larger checks. House paid for last year and truck 4 years ago, still burning gas. I retired at 62.
Nice one, thanks for further opening up. You have tackled couple of things being on my mind lately. Really good topic, thanks a lot! Enjoy even more with your wonderful family, God bless you all! Regards from Germany.
Great achievement Ben, especially at your young age. Onwards and upwards. I also believe you’re reaching a whole new audience with your RUclips channel through your collaboration with Tim and Joe (that’s how I ‘discovered’ you). The future’s bright.......
This concept changed my life too! Sell your value, not your time. That's what people want anyway. Get an offer for x/hr, then counter with a retainer agreement!
Congrats! :)
I've always poor on trading time to money, but excelled at building various revenue streams for semi passive income. Now i own a hosting company which is quite sizeable on the niche, with 0 debt and all hardware fully owned and paid for :) Our business is very data driven as well, always when making important decisions i am cranking a lot of excel sheets, or building scripts to analyze the data.
Great video! What you had to say about "passive income" sorta makes me think about what I has said about renting out my car on Turo when I met you up in north county the other night (not sure what is really OK to put about that here in a public comment as far as spoiling future videos, so I hope you know what I'm talking about).
At first I really wasn't sure about it, but even after just 6 weeks, it's becoming a really promising way to make a few bucks on the side, while enabling me to own a car that I would normally have never considered. It's going so well in fact that I'm already considering the possibility of adding another car...
I don't know. I really appreciate the advice, and I appreciate your genuineness and authenticity in wishing us well, but I feel like this video (/channel?) assumes that money is that important to you/everyone. This talks about a goal that people may not really have, so while this channel is relevant to many/most/all of us, this video may not be. I'm not trying to flame, just trying to bring out contrast.
I dunno, it would be great to have a house that's paid off, but it seems that there might be other things that are more important to people, e.g. helping them to identify what makes them (truly) happy. Is it about identifying a job/sector/business which they might want to ply themselves, is it about identifying what matters most to someone (e.g. someone's values), and trying to identify what are the best ways of living those values out? Is it about helping people find their inner balance -- particularly in a (Western) world in which mental health issues are truly growing (e.g. the UK has developed its first "loneliness strategy" and appointed a Minister of Loneliness, to try to combat that issue -- but the issues of loneliness and mental health are prevalent in many Western countries, and e.g. Japan)?
Anyway, again, not to flame at all -- I like your channel --, it was just more to point out that the video assumes a few things... If you have any insights on becoming happier (and I'm sure you do), I, for one, would be happy to watch/listen to them.
Thanks again for the vids.
It can still apply more broadly, a person is satisfied they achieved a goal they've been working a long time for. Moreover, achieving the goal has opened up more opportunities. Not to mention the journey that has been life changing.
But yeah, paying off a house doesn't resonate with me either, it's quite an artificial mountain to climb. There are plenty of ways around a long, painful process of paying off a pricy house.
Ben Wonderful inspiration. Just want to add a few more ways to pay off house...1 don't be a victim.of fashion, you can still get the latest stuff at tjmaxx for fraction of cost 2. Pay an extra month off home loan each year 3. Only buy what you can afford on credit card that you can pay off each month.
Finally one main point:- Only the extremely rich can afford to borrow money
i am 46 years old , had good passive income when i was 30, but ended up falling apart and have to do it again??? how do i do this without having to put in the ten yrs of experience and hard work to get back there.really hope i can duplicate it after some life struggles.ben....can you bring others on your show who can share there success story in how they did it?that would be great..
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my 401k dropped in 2007 to about 1/2 but I left it alone and invested more by the time it all came back I had almost double what was there. Look to the long run. You have plenty of time to spring back.
WAY. TO. GO!!!! This isn't bragging. This is inspirational. You founds needs and filled them. You do that enough and it will pay off.
I am with you. We paid off our house and live debt free drive a Tesla yet I still work for a company and put the max in my 401k It is an amazing feeling. I don’t like debt even though it may be cheap debt it feels so good not to owe anyone anything. But hey don’t forget about your property tax :).
Yeah it's not much, about 1mo mortgage for the whole year
Teslanomics with Ben Sullins that’s awesome for California. We live in Arizona. Back in your old stomping grounds. I am older than you but I worked in a skate shop back in the days of JFA. Hung out with the skater punks. Did you ever skate deadcat?
Amazing story of the American dream and overcoming obstacles with a tough childhood. And you sharing your success with encouragement and knowledge to help others. That is love! God bless. Proverbs 1:1
Great Video. Tony Robbins is a great way to be able to help change things blocking your ability to make that change in attitude. The old R2Me2 can be reprogrammed.
Having the house paid off is a great feeling. The equity position in a startup is a very risky thing but if you still get paid it is worth it. My favorite startup here back around 2000 was a company call Agillian. They bought a big building and during the auction of everything we spent hours trying to figure out what they did really. That was the dot com busts that were around here. Property investment is good but you should have a fix it yourself background or it will eat your lunch. I used to be busy mowing my lawns, fixing sinks, toilets, repairing roofs. Love the trailer park now. Just keep it clean, up to date, and great manager to keep things clean. You did a great job working for companies. I had a really difficult time doing that and now embrace being an entrepreneur. Classic case was Dad died at 16 and had to fend for self pretty much. Kudos for your video. I hope it inspires people to do things other than work for the Man.
Not a fan of Tesla, but sincere congratulations. And it IS freedom.
Wow.. been following you for years. I'm so happy for you. This is what success looks like. Not the paid off home or the Tesla but kids wife and finding passion. Way to go!
a rough childhood is when you become too shy to make eye contact let alone kiss or speak to the people around you about your life (friends NA, acquaintances applicable), get raped, are a physiologically impotent male, and your morale is destroyed. Being an unwanted ugly duckling.
morale is key. if you're bred to feel dead inside and struggle to find life worth living then I think that's a lot more rough.
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p.s. my firefox is currently taking up 11.5 gigs of ram across 7 processes, and often times one of those processes will max out one of my cores and slow down the browsing process considerably. I don't mind the RAM usage, because it's not going to 19+ gigs and crashing my computer anymore, but the runaway CPU core thing is a legitimate problem for me.
It's important to celebrate the wins in life. Thank you for sharing. Keep up the good vlogs.
This isn't a brag video, this is an inspirational video. Loved it. And congratulations. I'm seriously gonna think on what you've said and try to get more from what I'm best at. Thank you.
Ben, I am so happy for you guys! Your family and you are honest and true to our communicate. Financial independence is the most important thing for us. We are hoping to reach your level at around 40 :) Since I don't have a specific skill that could be used on youtube, we are investing in real estate and having two homes for rent. Moving to San Francisco for a big up side on an equity side and hoping to buy the 3rd house in 2 years. On the agenda is buying a Tesla S, but it almost goes against the principals of financial independence as the money for the car could be invested and generate profit, so I am struggling to spare the change for one.
Congratulations. A friend's father always said he be retired/semi-retired @ 45. I was talking to him one day about this & he said to me [with] a look on his face & sound in his voice of complete & utter disbelief & wonder, "I always said I'd do it by 45 but I did it by 42. Somehow I think that took a few years for that to fully sink in. He deserved it after 20 + years of really hard work. Ben, I wonder if you'll feel the same way for the next few years.
At the start of the vid when you got emotional I was a bit cynical. Like...”Really, he’s getting choked up?” But then as soon as you described your childhood I totally got it...why it was so important to you. Dude, great video. I really feel like I got to know you better in it. Way to go man.
Ben, I saw this when you released it (two years ago), and it really impacted my goals and trajectory in my career. I told a friend about it today at lunch and shared it with him. I decided to watch it again and it’s still inspiring. Thanks for the inspiration!
Congratulations Ben! Very happy for you... you totally deserve it for bold decisions you took and the hard work you put in to ensure those decisions would bear fruit. Living the dream!
Nicely done. We paid off our first house a number of years ago. Back with a mortgage now as we've bought a new house (tho haven't sold the old one, rent it out, but enough money tied up in it to sell and pay off the new mortgage if circumstances change)
Is a fantastic feeling, and even if you don't struggle to pay the monthly payments, paying it off lifts a massive weight and opens up the door to do all sorts of things.
Congrats.
Wow, considering California Taxes - that IS quite an accomplishment. Since you're into data, have you looked at your amortizations and payment breakdowns over the years to see what percentage overall was Property Taxes and Insurance, and what was actually Principle? It would be interesting to know how much each was proportionally overall, if you're willing to share just the percentages. It also may be good information for those thinking about buying a home. Again, quite an accomplishment, and San Diego must be a good place... Congrats.
Congratulations Ben, it's always good to know that you don't have so much payment monthly.
You can live more comfortably in knowing you only have to pay for your standard issues.
Just got your channel from Ove Kröger some live only 60 kilometers from me in Schleswig-Holstein (Region) Germany.
So have a peaceful time in the future and take care.
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I'm watching this in my newly purchased duplex (closed last Wednesday). Having someone help pay the mortgage is my first step! Congrats Ben.
Congrats Ben. Also thank you for the video. I found it quite inspiring. I've actually thought about being a data analysis. I'm going to take that course. Thank you!
Congrats! I paid my house off as well and its a great feeling. Only after maxing out my 401k every single year, and saving 40% of my annual income, I decided to buy a Model X 100D thru my business for the tax credit and the depreciation. My goal is to have $1,000,000 liquid not including my house or assets by the age of 47. I am 43 now and halfway there. keep up the good work.
Why that goal?
Keeping your bills low is where it's at.
Congrats from Germany! I see you have the same extremly good feeling as I had some years ago. But there is a big difference: You are much much younger than me! You can really be proud.
Congratulations Ben to you and your family. People who own homes or strive to own one or more will not take your video as bragging. It’s a wonderful feeling. It’s one if not “the” biggest purchases of your life. I’mVery happy for you. Keep shooting for the moon and no matter if you make it there or not with hard work and smart decisions you will be amongst the stars.
Great man! Good advice also. I’m a architectural photographer. In the past you’d live of licensing your work. That’s not barely the case anymore. I’m still young so I should look more into passive income. I also combine my photo work with cinematography work and learning more on marketing. After seeing this I think I’m going to research more on the things you told. I sell hours for money but there should be another way to keep it coming. Thanks for the inspiration.
Although im a little older than yourself. I too will soon fully pay off my house. Being financially sound and having your money make money is key to a secure financial future. Congrats!
Anybody watching this video should not feel bad about the situation they're in as compared to your success. I'm only 32 but my hard work ethic and my determination to put me on the same track. It takes determination and the willingness to think outside the box to make it in this world. Most of us watching this video are Americans or we live in a free Nation that allows us to be able to stream things via internet. I hold no hard feelings against your success, quite the opposite. Let me say congratulations and I will continue to follow teslanomics, not due to the success that you've had; rather the knowledge that you brought to the table that allowed that success to blossom and make your dreams come true. Congratulations my friend I wish you many happy years. Now it's time to invest.
Wow! Really enjoyed this one. Thank you for this. Very informative. Good work as always. Loved your candid approach, and as always, keep on trucking!
Congrats that is simply awesome. Our family is currently on building a 6m expenses savings buffer and then we start our 4-5 year plan also to pay off our house as well. I know when we got the cars and CC paid off it was an awesome feeling...can't imagine our home yet but it is coming
Very good advice. There have been times where I'd started working on some project on my own only to have other doors open for me. I'd also recommend a couple books to help others along the way. Not really a self-help but will get you thinking. I agree it will take work.
'Mastery" - Robert Greene goes into depth about finding your passion and skills that can be used to make your path.
'How to Fail at Almost Everything' - Scott Adams also goes into skills and being able to bounce back. Making a process and system that builds on a foundation. With a little luck and passion, you'll need to tap into what works for you to make it into value for others consistently.
Congrats. But why did you pay of your mortgage at that low interest rates. I'm in an similar situation, but my mortgage is fix for 20 years at 2% p.a.. I could easily repay my mortgage but invest my money in other assets that bring me more return and passive income.
Exactly my thought. I'm sure Ben thought through it but for me my interest rate is 3.25% for 30 years and there's no way I'd pay that off early.
I am doing the same as I get nearly 10% on my investments but only pay 2.5% on my mortgage, but obviously there are risks with investing and paying off your mortgage can be a great safety blanket even if its not optimal.
I toiled with this for a long time and honestly think it comes down to personal preference. I don't have a ton of faith in the future of our economy so decided to pull the plug now and enjoy the added monthly cash flow. I see valid arguments on both sides but at the end of the day I don't think either option is bad.
There is a clear minded feeling when you pay off all your loans. It ranks up there as one of the top 4 or 5 feelings that can be achieved in life. Congrats.
@@BenSullinsOfficial I definitely get what you mean. Just waiting for China to ask for their 22 trillion back.
Congratulations, super happy for you guys! And thank you, Ben, very helpful advices! (Watched this video in my Model S while supercharging. : )
Love your videos but went into this hating the click-bait title. Ended up loving the video! Congrats dude. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Great to hear! That's generally the outcome I'm shooting for :)
Hi Ben, I am going completely with you, hence - you missed out completely about some essential "ingredients" for your success. I guess you know them but have good reason not to mention:
1. You have excellent communications skills (also a pleasant voice and look).
2. You have a good character. Well, there are things you learn from life, not from any lessons or tutorials.
The sun is in your heart!
Congrats!! It's very admirable what you've accomplished. I'm as old as you are but financially, I'm at least 25 years behind. Nice story. Keep doing what you do best. God bless you
there is both so much confusion and interest in this topic i really wish someone with integrity like yourself would help guide more of us towards this goal.there is so much dissinformation on the web that we need trustworthy teachers to take us thru the steps to doing this.....great video.
Check the sources in the description
You speak so much truth. The most valuable thing I have learned in the last 3 years is to develop a skill you can monetize on. Such good advice man.
BEN you are an inspiration. I have been saving towards this same goal for a few years. I am almost there, and I am sure I will have a similar reaction when I finally get there.
Good job buddy. You earned it!
Thanks for the inspiration Ben-love your work and this channel. I have been thinking about these ideas for a long time...now it’s time to do something about it! Thanks again and keep creating and feeding us the good stuff!
Welcome to the free world Ben. I was able to do the same. I love your perspective. Don't worry about others being jealous of your accomplishments. You are the example of what is possible. Others will follow if they care to.
There's another way to do it: pay yourself first. Put the max into a 401(k), no cheating. Something else to keep in mind, depending on your mortgage rate, it's cheap money. Paying off your mortgage is important but property taxes are forever. Don't live in the worst part of town but don't live in the most expensive either. Property taxes can easily dwarf mortgage so paying off the mortgage is good but you'll still owe hundreds or thousands per month.
Thanks for sharing. I’m at this crossroad and hearing your story is helpful and motivating.
Congrats. 31 here, paid off house, paid off Model 3. ~$350,000 cash/investments and my highest income ever is about $70k/year. My secret? Don't buy stuff you don't need! Model 3 is my only serious purchase in my life.
Hey man, great talk and congratulations! You've earned it. I'm 26 years old, I wanted to buy the model 3 last year but decided to buy my first home instead. Very happy about my decision. Hopefully I can get the model 3 this year.
That’s awesome. I, too, paid off my house 3 years ago as a 30 something year old. It feels great, man. We just bought two Tesla’s and I’m gonna pay them off soon. Welcome to the club.
Oh brother I am so happy and proud of you sir. This is a massive accomplishment for you and your family. This gives you so much more financial freedom to do other things for your family. Well done brother. To hell with those who cant celebrate you. Cheers brother. I'm going to have a drink/toss to you and your family. Bravo.....Well done!
Ben, you always make awesome videos. I think you should rethink rental real estate. If you factor in paying a good manager into your numbers, it shouldn’t be a hassle at all. Plus,you can get a mortgage with a small down payment, and so, you are only investing a small amount, but seeing a return for the full value of the house. It’s like having an employer who will instead of matching for your retirement, will give you $95 for every $5 you invest (in the case of a 5% down payment).
I’ve watched your channel, and Answers with Joe for quite a while. It was cool to see you guys team up. Keep up the good work here and the other show.
We did it for 4 years and did not enjoy nor make much from it. I do have friends that do well but it's not for us
@@BenSullinsOfficial That's understandable. It's not for everyone, that's for sure.
So happy for you, Ben. You and your family have tried your best, and you guys deserve the cool result.
Congrats on paying off the house! Also a user of pluralsight from the company I currently work at, very useful resource. Happy for you as these opportunities are quite rare.
That’s the American dream for sure!! Congrats!!
There has bee talk about virtual companies for easily 20+ yrs. This is similar to work in Japan. Everybody except a few is a contractor. When there is work, you get paid, when there isn't you dont. Further remember out of 100 startups only 1 or 2 make it.
I disliked video during first 30 seconds because I thought it's gonna be another bragging video but then half way through I switched it to "like". Thank you for the advice- will definitely be looking to deepen my knowledge as much as I can since I am still in my 20s!
Congratulations this is everything I needed to hear.
Great video really inspirational! Congrats on paying off your house!
Now you are here. Enjoy all the hard work and smart decisions you have done in the past. Keep all of us updated on the data and make sense out of it :)
Ben, Could you please do a follow up video on your unplugged performance springs. I'm contemplating choosing between Mild and Moderate and don't know how your Moderates held up. It seems as they look lower in the back than the fronts.
I'll be looking forward for your suggestions whether to get Milds or Moderates?
I just paid off my student loans last month. I feel really good about it, and it's a lot smaller debt for me than my house is so congrats!
As someone that has sub'd to Pluralsight, Lynda (now LinkedIn Learning), Coursera, etc thank you. The info is invaluable. Haven't ran across your course yet since I'm focusing on BIM/Autodesk/Construction but the platform has helped me tremendously. Congratulations on all your current and continued success!
I started making questions in Quora and after relocating to Germany, they added me to Partner Program and I am having small passive income from Quora. From my blog I am still getting some amounts of money but still numbers on the website. I wrote lot of poetry, tutorials for programming in C#, Python, Java.
2 and a half years and mine is also paid off! Congrats man you deserved it for all the hard work you put in.
Congrats. Am your age, but we spent a couple years travelling in Europe, so we're a still a few years away from the same. Looking forward to that day also :)
Ben - congratulations on making some good choices and doing well with those choices. It's great that you have shared your strategy for how you were able to accomplish so much.
Now, not to detract from your great accomplishments, but as a "data" guy, why would you pay off your mortgage, rather than using that capital in some better way? Did you apply data science to that decision? I have a 30 year fixed loan (on an expensive house in California), and always aggressively refinanced it when interest rates went down. It's now at less than 3.5% (30-yr fixed). Even now, one can get a Fixed rate, Jumbo loan for close to 4%. And that is a tax deductible expense. On the other hand, the long term average payout on the stock market (say, an S&P 500 ETF) is about a 10% return (when you include dividends). Of course, there are ups and downs with the stock market (volatility), and perhaps the future returns will be less. But even if you thought the future returns would only be 7-8%, why not borrow at 4% and earn at 7-8%?
Super happy for you & your family! Congrats! - Great video as always. I learn quite a bit from your channel. Also the fact that you helped build Pluralsight makes me love it even more, and doesn’t surprise me as that platform does data right.
Congratulations Ben on your success and may it be a very prosperous year with good health and much happiness. Keep up the great work here.
Thats Awesome Congrats! Im 35 single living in Seattle I bought my house all cash in 2010 not alot of other millennials can say that truely blessed!🙏 Oh and I get my new Tesla model S by months end so excited finally!
Thanks for that, I'm at a similar point in my life to what you described. Thanks for the insight... you just gave me some ideas. Cheers!
Awesome vid. Delivered in a way that can help all people in all fields. Im 31, trying to career change as i dont enjoy my field and wont get me where i want to be. Currently studying online university degree in Australia and this type of advice seems to be lacking.. i guess alot of successful people hold into it for themselves. Ive heard you speak similarly on the ludicrous future podcast, you could make a channel devoted to your career anecdotes and advice because the snipets ive cone across have been gold. Enjoy the good life, congrats to u and ur family. Thanks for this video, very valuable
Thank you for those words, and congratulations on finding your path to that American dream. It reminded me, despite a terrible 2018, to finish my third book, start my 4th (the one my 3 practices so far prepared me for) and maybe even begin a children’s book, all to give me what you suggest: to live life the way it was meant to be.
Welcome to the club, mortgage free 5 years ago, such a great feeling.
Best video on your channel man. Thanks for opening up in this way. I work in analytics myself, and I’m hoping to end up on basically the same career path as you!
I've recently taken the jump into starting my own sculpture business. It's something I've always wanted to do. Everything has come together to aid me at this time. It's something I love to do and everyone I've shown my works to love them. Down the road a bit I will be a staying a your tube channel. Watching you, Tim, and Joe has helped me in assuring me that it's worth it.
Thanks for the videos, and the insights. Have a good day sir.
Great advice Ben! I’m 30 now, I’ll see how the next 6 years go!
Congrats!
When the video starts my first expectation was that you just received call from Tesla with delivery date of your Roadster :)
Last year I restarted my live for 4th time. And my freedom day is end of this May. I will know what you are feeling now :)