Financial Independence UK

May 03 2021 10 ep. 31 mins 13
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Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they delve into the world of financial independence in the UK! They cover a wide range of topics such as personal finance, career development, relationships and mental health as they discuss the strategies to success in achieving financial independence.

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Dr Hung Interview

May 03 2021 65 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Alex interviews Dr Hung, a listener of the podcast who got in touch with us. Dr Hung heard our podcast after we launched in early 2021 and asked to share her story. What followed was an interesting conversation about her approach to finances, investing and life. Enjoy! As always, if you have any questions for the team or want to b

Catch Up with Alex and Tom

Apr 26 2021 13 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about their podcast journey so far and their plans for the future. Since we first decided to create our podcast, it’s been a steep learning curve and a long journey. Our hosts wanted to bring their listeners up to speed with this little fireside chat about where they’ve been and where t

Parenting and FI with LazyFiDad

Apr 20 2021 49 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Alex as he interviews LazyFiDad on his approach to parenting and FI. As always, if you have any questions for the team, feel free to email us at [email protected]

Behavioural Investing with Daniel Crosby

Apr 12 2021 35 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about (enter topic name) and how it impacts your FI journey. Discussion with Dr Daniel Crosby, author of The Behaviour Investor. Realising that your behaviour is the best predictor of whether you reach your financial goals. People think that externalities have the most impact, whereas Dan

Time is Money

Apr 07 2021 13 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about time and money and how it impacts your FI journey. In this episode we speak about the link between time and money and much of a role time plays in our modern society. Many of us trade hours at work for money in our payslips at the end of the month, for example. This creates an income

Motivation and Discipline for FI

Mar 31 2021 22 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about the motivation and discipline required on your FI journey. Initial motivation can make starting any new venture seem easy, the enthusiasm can enable you to throw yourself into a new project. But how long does it last? It is the discipline that keeps you on the right path. Especially w

Lifestyle Inflation

Mar 25 2021 27 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about Lifestyle Inflation and how it impacts your FI journey. Lifestyle inflation can sneak up on you, to define it, your outgoings increase as you earn more money. Most people will earn more over their career, this can lead to higher outgoings due to upgrading your lifestyle with the extra

Ethical Investing

Mar 25 2021 23 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about ethical investing and how it impacts your FI journey. Themes in this episode include reasons for ethical investing’s growing popularity, potential downsides of this strategy and Tom and Alex’s personal take on socially responsible funds. As always, if you have any questions for t

The What and Why of FI

Mar 24 2021 33 mins  
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Alex and Tom as they talk about life in the UK and how they are going about achieving FI. In this episode we introduce Alex and discuss how far we are away from FI in order to provide a sense of scale. We talk about the motivation for pursuing FI, how it can help us in our normal lives and what strategies we are usi

The Beginning

Mar 08 2021 25 mins  
Welcome to the brand new Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Alex and Tom as they make their first UK focussed episode on life in the UK and how they are going about achieving FI. Both Alvar and Tom are young, motivated individuals in their 20s with a keen interest in personal finance and the positive effects it can have on your life. Financial Independence is a mov