Talk us through the mentality of that.

Sure.

It was actually 63, but that's okay.

But anyways, what happened is I had just got fired after 18 years with the same company.

When I did the math, I was shocked.

If we drained all of our savings and all of our retirement, we were scheduled to be broke by 65, which is two years later.

And I'm thinking, who's going to hire me at my age? But that wasn't the hard part, Tim.

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But if you could, before all that, can you tell the world who you are, what you do, and of course, how you help people?

Sure, absolutely.

Well, basically, I was put in a situation that I didn't expect, and it kind of changed my whole life course.

And it did it in a pretty dramatic way.

If you want, I can just briefly share what happened so they can get the understanding of it.

I was 63 at the time and just got fired after 18 years with the same company.

When I did the math, it was brutal.

Where would someone begin to look at that vehicle for whether it be investing or retirement or literally just trying to get this idea of financial freedom as soon as possible?

You weren't

sure.

I was so busy focused on my company because I could be freed up that I really didn't have time to worry about my investments.

But I looked at like a flywheel.

If you guys are familiar with flywheels, they're very hard to get started.

They're very slow.

But boy, once they start picking up speed, it really starts moving fast.

And I'm curious, at what point in the book does the one page pop in?

Tell us a little bit about that and how it could help our listeners with their finances.

I will.

Can I first tell you the story that inspired it and made it make more sense to you? When I was going through the darkest period of that experience, I heard a true story that really...

was like a light bulb moment for me.

I'll just share briefly.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute did an experiment.

They placed people in the center of a dense German forest, and they told them to walk in a straight line to the edge.

by following your own one-page wealth compass, you've became a millionaire.

So I'd love for you to talk a little bit about when that realization hit you and what that was like, and then how you decided to move forward from there.

Sure.

I would be glad to.

First of all, let me just explain how it all began.

Uh, I was sixty-three, and I had just got fired after eighteen years with the same company.

I did the math, and if we drained all of our savings and all of our retirement, we were scheduled to be broke by sixty-five.

And I'm thinking, "Who's gonna hire me at this point?" But Dan, that wasn't even the hardest part.

So why are smart people failing here, and what did you figure out for yourself?