As you all know I am away in the Dominican Republic this week. Rob Bennet offered to write some guest posts for a bunch of PF bloggers in order to get his message out (which is a very logical, well-thought out message at that!). Rob Bennett writes the A Rich Life blog. He has recorded over 75 podcasts on things he has learned about stock investing during his seven years of participation in The Great Safe Withdrawal Rate Debate (a series of discussions of stock investing held in the Retire Early and Indexing discussion-board communities). Enjoy!

I learned how to invest in an unusual way. I didn’t do it by reading books. I didn’t do it by listening to experts. I didn’t do it by reading books. I didn’t do it by listening to experts. I didn’t do it by hiring a financial planner. I did it by learning how to save.

It works! I’m far ahead of all the indexes dating back to 1996, the year when my learning process began.