Gobundance Podcast

Dan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado.  Dan launched SheeksFreaks in late 2019, which is an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, start investing in real estate, and pursue early financial independence. Working with teenagers, personal finance advocacy, real estate investing, and the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement are Dan’s four passions. Highlights of the Episode: 01:16 - Background about Dan Sheeks 03:19 - Start of Teaching Career 05:44 - Teaching Personal Finance in High School 07:57 - Why Personal Finance is not a requirement 09:52 - Importance of Personal Finance as a subject 13:09 - Tipping point in Personal Finance 15:47 - Mission of Dan Sheeks' book 17:22 - How Happiness related to Financial Independence 22.03 - Typical American Pathway 23:48 - Who needs to be educated on Financial Independence 25:48 - Making Teenagers want to learn about Financial