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467 | The Power of Community | Amy, Diania, and Stephen

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Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media

Financialindependence, Investing, Firemovement, Passiveincome, Frugalliving, Personalfinancepodcast, Daveramsey, Careers, Business, Earlyretirement, Habits

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode: community, structuring FI events, unstructured time, the energy in the room, and vulnerability.

We all know that the online FI community can help you along the journey in a variety of ways, but the abundance and ease of access to that community can lead to us forgetting the impact live FI events can have on your life. Our Guests Stephen, Amy, and Diania from CampFI, FI Freedom Retreats, and The EconoMe Conference respectively can attest to the power of in-person communities as they are the ones who work so hard to put them together! Together with Brad, the foursome talk about the different benefits that can come as a result of joining these conferences, and how “the energy in the room” can help you find value and take in information in ways you never thought possible!

Amy, Diania, and Stephen:

Timestamps:

  • 1:04 – Knowing Versus Doing/The Benefit of Events
  • 8:32 – What Can Be Achieved Through Community
  • 14:02 – Being Vulnerable/The Effect of Multiple Days
  • 22:33 – The Evolution of FI Events
  • 31:23 – Structuring FI Events/The Energy in the Room
  • 43:00 – Attendees Finding Value
  • 51:10 – Conclusion

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Choose a Phi.

0:01.8

Today in the show we have a real treat.

0:03.6

We're gonna be talking about the power of community

0:06.3

and the power of in-person events.

0:08.6

And we actually have three guests here today.

0:10.8

So we have the creators of Camp Phi, Stephen Boyer, the Economy Conference,

0:16.7

Diana Merriam, and the Five Freedom Retreat, Amy Minkley, and we're just going to have a wonderful and far ranging conversation on how can in

0:27.2

person events change your life how can they support you on your path to five at

0:32.3

every stage.

0:33.8

And I think this is going to be really valuable

0:35.8

for everyone who has either been at an event

0:39.0

and wonder what they can do,

0:40.7

maybe to get a little more out of it the next time or that person who's really on the

0:44.4

fence about it. They're on the couch. They're wondering, should I get up and travel to one of these events? What

0:50.4

am I going to get out of it? Is it really going to be worth it?

0:52.8

So I think this is going to be fun. With that, welcome to Choose OutFi.

0:57.0

All right, my friends, thank you for being here. So Diana and Amy, you have been on the

1:08.2

podcast and Stephen, incredibly, this is your first appearance on Shoes of Eye, even though I have probably mentioned you 50 to 100 times over the years about Camp Phi.

1:18.8

So thank you, my friend, for being here.

1:20.4

Thank you for having me.

1:21.6

Yeah, this is going to be fun. All right so Stephen why don't we start with you? I hate the freeze elevator pitch but let's go with that. So if you were to describe to somebody, hey why should you attend an in-person event?

1:32.7

What are you gonna get out of it?

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