{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimefreedom.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fpaul-merriman-38mH9lkZ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Paul Merriman on Managing $1.6 Billion But Never His Own Money","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/e3207fb4-fd7f-4506-ae81-6e2b91f97dfc/8949762f-4cae-4032-a97e-ef17ee14b6ec/podcast.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b3dea40c-d598-4ddb-8e67-62c51d5f50e6\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Paul Merriman on Managing $1.6 Billion But Never His Own Money\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Today on the podcast, we welcome Paul Merriman. Paul, 82 and married lives in Bainbridge Island, WA. He's a financial educator and founder of the Merriman Financial Education Foundation. In 1982, he started Merriman Wealth Management with $15,000, growing it to $1.6 billion under management. Now he gives away everything he knows about investing for free. At 82, he produces a weekly podcast, teaches at Western Washington University, and recently started a TikTok.\n\nIn this episode, Paul shares the story of a difficult stepfather who accidentally pushed him into the community (and the work ethic) that shaped his career, how a three-day affirmation workshop in 1982 gave him the vision he's still living out today, and what happened when he met with Vanguard founder John Bogle in 2017. He also opens up about why he never managed his own money, the emotional toll of feeling responsible for the market's impact on his clients, and his strikingly simple advice on investing and building a life you don't want to retire from."}