Retiring Twice by 39: Chris Miles' Blueprint for Financial Resilience and True Freedom

Cake on Tuesday: The Leadership Blueprint · Jun 30, 2026 · 27m

Chris Miles, founder of Money Ripples, realized that his own father, despite following every rule of prudent financial management, could not afford to retire at sixty-one, leading him to question the entire industry and recognize that financial institutions have systematically misled the public about wealth and freedom. The core insight driving his work is that the financial advisory industry has structured itself to benefit from keeping client money locked away in long-term accounts where fees can be extracted indefinitely. Less than two percent of retirement account holders actually become…