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May 26th, 2015

202-"Get Yourself a 30-Footer and Go!" How To Build a Lifestyle of Freedom Through Sailing, Self-Publishing, and TEOTWAWKI Escape Plans: Interview with Matthew Bracken, Author of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic

  1. 202-"Get Yourself a 30-Footer and Go!" How To Build a Lifestyle of Freedom Through Sailing, Self-Publishing, and TEOTWAWKI Escape Plans: Interview with Matthew Bracken, Author of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic Joshua Sheats 1:28:15

My guest today is a author named Matthew Bracken. Matthew is a sailor, writer, and former Navy Seal. He’s the author of four novels (all of which I’ve thoroughly enjoyed.)

Most importantly for our purposes, he is an expert on the topic of achieving a lifestyle of freedom through sailing.

He wrote an excellent essay called “Get Yourself a 30-Footer and Go!” which advocates a quick entry into the sailing world as a way to build economic opportunity for yourself.

During the course of the interview, we cover three primary topics:

  1. How to go about getting started in sailing and how quickly it’s possible to achieve a lifestyle of freedom.
  2. Matt’s experience establishing himself as an independent, self-published novelist in the semi-dystopian genre.
  3. The potential impact of societal changes and how to prepare for them.

Enjoy the show!

Joshua

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Joshua Sheats Teacher, Host, Broadcaster, Entrepreneur

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, is the world's leading authority on integrating lifestyle goals and money goals without conflict. He teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement.

Joshua is dedicated to helping normal people achieve financial freedom by merging creative (and crazy) ideas from the world of personal finance with the academic integrity of formal financial planning. He simplifies complex money topics and makes boring financial mumbo-jumbo less boring.