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Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:39 am
by Jake
I am giving away my latest book free on Amazon for the next few days only. It's called Job Free: Four Ways to Quit the Rat Race and Achieve Financial Freedom on Your Terms. It includes discussion of the permanent portfolio. Many members of the PP forum provided valuable feedback on the draft.

Please download a free copy now, while the giveaway lasts. http://getbook.at/jobfree

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:24 am
by dualstow
Brilliant!

I don't think I found the free link, though. I don't have kindle unlimited, so I tried "$0.00 to buy". Or is the promotion over?

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:47 am
by Jake
In order to get your free copy, please ignore the Kindle Unlimited link and instead click to "buy" the book (for $0). That should give you the book free of charge.

Amazon makes it very confusing because they are always trying to promote Kindle Unlimited.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:02 am
by dualstow
The $0.00 link seems to just refresh the page, but the Buy Now with One-click button did the trick.
Summary of the order says $0.

Many thanks for the free download! Looking forward to reading it.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:11 pm
by WiseOne
Got it!  I will definitely enjoy reading this!

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:34 pm
by Tyler
The download worked great for me.  Thanks! 

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:48 pm
by Cortopassi
Jake,

Skimmed through most quickly, will read more in depth later.  I liked the personal stories.

My personal story is I always leaned toward the startup angle, with the big potential payoff of stock options, etc.  Followed closely by living very frugally.

Let me preface this by saying I am almost 49, and still working 40 hours a week in a cube, but I do like my job quite a lot.

The startups, of which I tried 5 or so on my own and 3 through existing spinoff companies, were mostly a great time while I was there, but none panned out in the end.  All companies folded, or those that didn't never saw their share price above the initial IPO level ever again (Palm is my major example).

Where I did not realize at the time I could have been wildly more successful was the frugal living and conservative investing.  If I had simply done the PP through my investing career, vs. lots of high risk investments, options, etc (trying to hit a home run). I would be at a savings level where I could likely have independence right now.  You live and learn, and at least I will be able to guide my daughters down a better path than I took when it comes to investments for most of my career.

So that leaves my working in a cube, continuing to save for retirement.  I am confident retirement will come earlier than most; I am targeting mid to late 50s, but you never know.  When I take days off, a lot of times I go stir crazy because I have little to fill my spare time when the weather outside is poor.  So work is "working" out for me, for now.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:55 pm
by Mountaineer
Thank you Jake.  I'm looking forward to reading.  :)

... Mountaineer

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:00 pm
by frugal
Oh fabulous!

But...


the Kindle Store on Amazon.co.uk is for UK customers only. To shop for titles available for your country, please visit Amazon.com.



Can you help me ?

Thank you.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:02 pm
by mukramesh
Thanks, Jake! Just grabbed a copy and am enjoying it so far!

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:55 am
by Jake
frugal wrote: Oh fabulous!

But...


the Kindle Store on Amazon.co.uk is for UK customers only. To shop for titles available for your country, please visit Amazon.com.



Can you help me ?

Thank you.
The link http://getbook.at/jobfree should automatically redirect you to your local Amazon site based on your IP address, but if you are currently abroad or using a VPN then you might have landed on the wrong Amazon store. Just go to your regular Amazon webpage in the country where you have an account, search for the book title, and you will find it there for free.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:57 am
by Jake
Cortopassi wrote: Jake,

Skimmed through most quickly, will read more in depth later.  I liked the personal stories.

My personal story is I always leaned toward the startup angle, with the big potential payoff of stock options, etc.  Followed closely by living very frugally.

Let me preface this by saying I am almost 49, and still working 40 hours a week in a cube, but I do like my job quite a lot.

The startups, of which I tried 5 or so on my own and 3 through existing spinoff companies, were mostly a great time while I was there, but none panned out in the end.  All companies folded, or those that didn't never saw their share price above the initial IPO level ever again (Palm is my major example).

Where I did not realize at the time I could have been wildly more successful was the frugal living and conservative investing.  If I had simply done the PP through my investing career, vs. lots of high risk investments, options, etc (trying to hit a home run). I would be at a savings level where I could likely have independence right now.  You live and learn, and at least I will be able to guide my daughters down a better path than I took when it comes to investments for most of my career.

So that leaves my working in a cube, continuing to save for retirement.  I am confident retirement will come earlier than most; I am targeting mid to late 50s, but you never know.  When I take days off, a lot of times I go stir crazy because I have little to fill my spare time when the weather outside is poor.  So work is "working" out for me, for now.
Thanks for sharing your story Cortopassi! Great to hear from you.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:15 am
by Jake
Hey guys, I made it to #1 on Amazon UK's Best Seller list in Personal Finance :)

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Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:51 am
by dualstow
Nice!

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:09 am
by Pointedstick
You deserve it; the book's excellent.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:05 pm
by WiseOne
Congrats Jake!  Well deserved.

I started reading it last night.  It's great so far, and love the pointers to other blogs & your podcasts.  I'll definitely have to check some of them out!

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:33 pm
by frugal
Hi,

how much salaries Jake uses to retire?

Does he advice 25 annual salaries?

Thank you!

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:56 pm
by dualstow
I'm starting to realize that while I am sedentary, I have a few things in common with nomads. No cable bill (until last year, having spent the last 15-16 years in the States). No car!

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 3:01 pm
by Pointedstick
I'm so jealous of the carless people. It's a shame more of the USA isn't built with carless mobility in mind. The west where I live is particularly bad, and although I've chosen to live in a pretty walkable neighborhood to mitigate it, it's still tough to avoid busting out the car a few times a week.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 3:19 pm
by Mark Leavy
frugal wrote: Hi,

how much salaries Jake uses to retire?

Does he advice 25 annual salaries?

Thank you!
Hi Frugal!  Jake spent almost a year carefully putting his ideas and recommendations into a book and now he is offering it to you for free.

All you have to do is download it and read it!  What a deal!

But maybe your question isn't worth all of that effort.
Maybe your question is worth just enough to ask someone else to do the work for you.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:23 am
by Jake
Today is your last chance to download the book for free! http://getbook.at/jobfree

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:02 pm
by Kriegsspiel
Pointedstick wrote: I'm so jealous of the carless people. It's a shame more of the USA isn't built with carless mobility in mind. The west where I live is particularly bad, and although I've chosen to live in a pretty walkable neighborhood to mitigate it, it's still tough to avoid busting out the car a few times a week.
I thought you lived in Albuquerque? It seems like it has a lot of bike lanes, flat, no humidity, all the things that make for a good biking city.

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:11 pm
by Pointedstick
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Pointedstick wrote: I'm so jealous of the carless people. It's a shame more of the USA isn't built with carless mobility in mind. The west where I live is particularly bad, and although I've chosen to live in a pretty walkable neighborhood to mitigate it, it's still tough to avoid busting out the car a few times a week.
I thought you lived in Albuquerque? It seems like it has a lot of bike lanes, flat, no humidity, all the things that make for a good biking city.
Indeed, but it's still primarily a driving city. It's large and spread out and many places are inaccessible except by car simply by virtue of being so far away. Oh, and the drivers are terrible. Except for me of course! ;D

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 1:34 pm
by dualstow
(PointedStick) It's a shame more of the USA isn't built with carless mobility in mind
I guess it was largely rebuilt for cars. Cars are the reason we have strip malls and tons of intersections where pedestrians are out of luck.
Between self-driving cars and millennials lack of zeal for cars in general, I think the future looks bright. I mean it.

By the way, my dad grew up in ABQ in the 50s. The city has expanded more than he ever thought it would. I haven't been there since my aunt died many years ago, but I saw how spread out it was.
Mark Leavy wrote: Hi Frugal!  Jake spent almost a year carefully putting his ideas and recommendations into a book and now he is offering it to you for free.

All you have to do is download it and read it!  What a deal!
...
;) +1

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:32 pm
by Greg
Jake wrote:
Today is your last chance to download the book for free! http://getbook.at/jobfree
Downloaded! Thanks! Although I'm assuming these can only be read on a computer screen or a Kindle reader? (I wasn't seeing anything on Amazon to be able to download to a PDF file so that you can print it off yourself).