Question in a Bottle. When did you give up your day job?
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Investor. In this episode, fellow investor Paul Igoe asks Mark "When did you give up your day job?".
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Another excellent podcast Mark, I just wish you would have let me in on your secret all those years ago. Well done.
Apologies for having kept my cards close to my chest all those years ago Tom. It was liberating when I left employment and could ‘come clean’. Your company was one of the highlights of my time at NWP and I am glad we have maintained a close friendship. I don’t think you have done too bad either, no grinding daily commute for you either!
Excellent podcast again Mark.
As a teen, when I'd finished thumbing the sports pages I must admit that I skipped the business section and went to look for Linda Lusardi.
Atb, Paul
Thank you Paul.
I am vaguely familiar with Linda’s work. I am sure she would make an excellent fellow castaway.
excellent Mark..and well- done. Will be me next year. Jim
Cheers Jim. You have clearly taken control of your own destiny. Too many people mistakenly think that somebody will come running to their rescue.
Well done you.
Thank you Declan. I think it shows to others, especially our younger generation, that reaching a state of ‘independent means’ is not just a preserve of the great and the good.
Although everyone has different hopes and ambitions I think people who have naturally contrarian instincts probably don't take to the conformity often required by most jobs. Your career story Mark shows the importance of patience and having a plan B up your sleeve to call on when the final straw breaks the camels back. Rather than suffering you can then decide to be in charge of your own time instead. Carpe Diem.
Thanks for the contribution David. Looking back to school days the skills my alma mater seemed intent to instil in us in preparation for the rest of our lives were compliance, obedience and supplication rather than to challenge or be free thinking as though we were bred simply to serve. To an extent you must play the hand you are dealt but I was intent to actively change the course of my life. When it comes to the investing and what this could accomplish for me I would argue that this was always Plan A.