Episode 22 with Dessy John
“And it's funny when nobody else knows that you've been building towards this, you decide to leave a traditional job and it sounds like you're speaking a different language. People are just like, “How can you possibly be doing this?” I'm like, like you said, I didn't do this overnight. This has been literally a solid decade plus of planning for this. And again, like some good fortune, a few lucky bounces came my way as well. But it takes a lot of planning. It takes a lot of education. It takes a lot of diligence. And yeah, hopefully, you know, for most people if that is their goal, they will eventually get there. But yeah, it was it was like you said, it's never exactly planned. I mean nobody's gonna plan their life down to a T. Sometimes you just see an opportunity and you jump on it, and you lay in the bed that you make hoping that it is the right decision. So far for me, it's been about five months, and I have absolutely zero regrets.”
Join Glenn as he interviews Dessy John, a Silicon Valley marketer turned solopreneur. After working in the corporate world for 15 years at companies like Adobe and Zillow, he was able to find financial independence by investing in index funds and diversifying his assets. After leaving his W2 job, Dessy founded Change Agent Wealth Coaching, a personal finance coaching and education service aimed at helping others transform their relationship with money.
Glenn and Dessy discuss:
- His journey from marketing and tech to personal finance coaching
- Long-term planning and self-education
- The power of investing in index funds and diversifying assets
- Benefits of index funds and weathering market volatility
- Transitioning to entrepreneurship
- Challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship
- Real estate investments and primary residences
- How to leverage entrepreneurship and real estate
- Preparing for financial independence
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