Home of the World's Largest Financial Independence Community
Led by Co-Founders and Co-Hosts Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa, ChooseFI has become home to the largest Financial Independence community in the world. Every podcast episode, video, and blog article is packed with relatable, real-life content crowdsourced from the FI community.
Join us each week as we share the best life hacks, strategies, stories, tools, and resources to help you take control of your money and get 1% better each day on your journey to FI.
Testimonial
"The Financial Independence movement has grown to be a movement in large part because of a podcast called ChooseFI."
Jean Chatzky
CEO of HerMoney and Financial Editor of NBC’s TODAY Show
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On the path
I love the podcast. Come from a Dave Ramsey background. My wife and I worked our way out of debt except for the 15-year mortgage. Always felt guilty about my travel rewards through credit card bonuses. I then discovered the F.I.R.E movement. Reading all I could about FI and stumbled onto your podcast. Since diving into the Podcast my wife and I have downsized homes. Which came with a significant decrease in debt and tax savings. Cut the cord on cable and slimmed down the budget. My wife who is an RN was able to leave her high stress and high paying job as a director for an RN position working from home. This year we will max out both our 403b, two Roth IRAs (back door) and Health Saving account. Using the HSA as a super IRA as referred to by the Mad Fientist. I am happy to say my net worth just crossed over the 1 million mark at the ripe old age of 41. I currently work in with the HR department on allowing access to a 457 plan which is currently only available to Physicians. I work as a Physician Assistant which I believe can be a great career path for someone interested in the F.I.R.E. Thank you for all the great work.
10/23/2019
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Choose This Podcast for Motivation and Financial Education!
I have been listening to various podcasts for a few years now, but this is definitely my favorite. I listen to the episodes every Monday and Friday when they are released. As a busy stay-at-home mom to 3 little boys, I love that I can listen to the podcast at the same time I am doing mundane daily chores like cooking, dishes, and laundry. In a way, it makes those tasks themselves more enjoyable because I can see how doing those things actually gets my famiily closer to FI. I love that Jonathan and Brad are very relateable and enthusiastic. It makes it fun to learn some new things with every episode. I have taken actionable steps because of many of the episodes that have saved me a few hundred dollars now every month! I have recommended the podcast to friends and family and look forward to Mondays and Fridays now!
08/18/2017
Meet Brad and Jonathan
Brad Barrett
Co-Founder & Co-Host
After years in public accounting as a CPA, Brad reached financial independence at the age of 35 through diligent savings and investing. Brad Is passionate about everything from saving money, to living a more healthy lifestyle, to ‘boring’ things like tracking your finances and cutting down on your tax bill. But his favorite topic is leveraging credit card rewards to save more money, and take trips you never would have dreamed possible for pennies on the dollar.
Jonathan Mendonsa
Co-Founder & Co-Host
Jonathan loves simplifying complex financial topics and creating engaging conversations around them for the community. He is a writer, speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Jonathan emphasizes skills over degrees and building your talent stack. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and personal growth. Join him as he navigates and shares his journey to Financial Independence with an emphasis on Talent Stacking.
300 Local Groups Worldwide
We have over 300 local groups around the world where real meetups are happening and communities are forming, all centered around Financial Independence.
70 Million Downloads
Since 2017, our podcast has been downloaded over 70 million times by listeners from all corners of the world, making us a leading voice in the Financial Independence movement.
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300 Local Groups
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Global Reach
Our podcast is listened to in over 50 countries.
70 Million Downloads
Our community continues to grow with each episode.