Episode 293- How To Be a Future Millionaire: Teaching Gen Z About Financial Freedom, & Letting Go Of The American Dream With Dan Sheeks

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dan Sheeks, owner and founder of Sheeks Freaks, an online community helping young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions, joins the Journey To Launch podcast to talk about his passion for helping teenagers get on the path to become millionaires. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Achieving early financial independence is an option most people don’t know even exist, which is why Dan spends his career making financial freedom education available to Gen Z and High Schoolers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We chat about his new book, “</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence”,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">how to convince teens to care about money (hint: you can’t), and why the American Dream needs a perspective shift.</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dan’s definition of financial independence and financial freedom</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The power of learning about financial independence early and showing the next generation that it’s possible</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Roth IRAs, 401ks, taxable investments, and the best option for just getting started in the world of investing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Convincing Gen Z to care about their financial future, a case study in early financial independence, + “planting the seed” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The four mechanisms of early financial independence + more</span></li> </ul> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" d