Deacon Hayes is a financial expert, speaker, and podcaster. He is the founder of WellKeptWallet.com which provides personal finance resources for people across the world. He has been featured in many news publications including Yahoo Finance, US News & World Report, CNN Money and more. He has helped thousands of people develop a financial game plan so that they can achieve their financial goals in life, and is the author of You Can Retire Early.

Useful links:

• Well Kept Wallet (Website)
• You Can Retire Early (Book on Amazon)
• Debt-Free in 18 Months Online Course (FREE if you buy the book!)

Show notes:

• [2:01] – Deacon’s journey to paying $52,000 debt off in 18 months.
• [5:04] – Creating a simple financial game plan.
• [8:48] – How simplifying his website helped him earn 500,000 visitors every month.
• [10:39] – How he got corporate sponsors.
• [12:37] – Using MySpace to meet his wife. (Yes, really.)
• [14:57] – His first hire.
• [20:00] – Inspirational debt paying off stories.
• [23:30] – Where the book came from.
• [26:52] – Debt and entrepreneurship.
• [32:17] – Last words.

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