I know a lot of people who make an extraordinary amount of money, but few people who are rich. Rich is having passive income greater than your burn.”

– Scott Galloway

I love the simplicity of this definition (passive income > burn) but think it’s a better description of financial independence than rich.

Your financial independence boils down to just a couple of numbers. Here are mine:

  • $75,000/month
  • $6,000,000

What do these numbers mean? Where do they come from?

I spoke to over 20 people about how they navigated the middle of their careers. The people I spoke to ranged from product managers to C-suite executives. All were unique in their circumstance but shared common themes in their approach.

The hardest part of selling a home and moving a family of 5 overseas wasn’t the machinations or logistical Jenga: “What about your house?”…