A 2019 Interview with Michael Odio

Who is your favorite Disney character?
Captain America.
What is your favorite Disney movie?
Avengers: End Game.
What is your favorite food?
Bar Food.
What is your favorite animal?
Octopus & Orcas.
What is your favorite color?
Earthy colors (blue, brown, green).
What is your favorite drink?
Water.
What is your favorite tv show?
Breaking Bad.
What’s your top three favorite places you’ve ever traveled?
Vermont, Miami, Utah.
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Vermont.
What does your average day look like?
Optimistic.
What do you spend a ridiculous amount of money on?
Food.
If you only had two extra hours per day outside of work, what would you spend it on?
Exercising.
What has become more important for you in the last few years?
Being with my family.
What has become less important for you in the last few years?
TV.
What would you do/have/be if you had $10 million dollars?
Pay of debt, 2 mil in us gov bond (use dividends as new source of income), 1 mil in Swiss bond, 2 mil in index fund(use dividends for reinvestment), 1 mil split into 4(different banks) separate savings accounts, 1 mil to blow, 1 mil to move get house etc, the rest to pay off my parents and Lisa’s debt, any left kids college fund.
What can you do that will be remembered in 200-400 years?
Be the first person to live to 200.
What assets do you have (not financial)?
Nothing.
When you think of the word successful, who comes to mind?
Kylie Jenner.
What is something you believe that other people think is insane?
There is no God.
What is the book (or books) that you’ve gifted and/or discussed/referenced the most?
What’s a book?
What is your favorite documentary or movie?
“The Matrix”
What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last couple years?
Vasectomy.
What are your morning rituals? What do the first 60minutes of your day look like?
Weekdays: Get dressed, drive to work.
Weekend: Go downstairs and make sure kids are alive.
What obsessions do you explore on the evenings or weekends?
Food recipes.
What topic would you speak about if you were asked to give a ted talk on something outside your main area of expertise?
Time Travel.
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think about often?
None.
What is the worst advice you see or hear being dispensed in the world?
“Don’t get vaccinated.”
If you could have one gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say?
“8/10 distracted drivers are killed in auto collisions.”
What is something weird or unsettling that happens to you on a regular basis?
Paying for children.
What have you changed your mind about in the last few years, why?
Not sure.
What do you believe is true, even though you can’t prove it?
Not sure.
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? or, do you have a favorite failure of yours?
Not sure.
What advice would you give to your 20-, 25-, or 30-year-old self? and please place where you were at the time, and what you were doing?
20 in college - graduate college join navy as officer, 25 in ga - hire lawyer for clearance, I'm 30 now!
What is the best or most worthwhile investment you’ve made? could be an investment of money, time, energy, or other resource. How did you decide to make the investment?
My relationship with Rachel.
If you were teaching a ninth grade class, what would you teach?
How to budget and sex ed.
What do you think financially successful people who are generally unhappy in common?
No idea.
If you had to choose three herbs or spices to cook with for the next year, what would they be?
Salt, pepper, garlic.
Do you medidate?
No.
What is the best or most worthwhile investment you’ve made?
4-yr in the Navy.
Who are three people or sources you’ve learned from- or followed closely- in the last year?
Can’t say.
What is the worst advice you see or hear given in your tradE?
“Trust me, it works.”
If you were a billionaire and you could give 2-3 books to every graduating high schooler, what would they be?
Whichever books each wanted.
What are some of the choices you’ve made that made you who you are?
Joining the Military.
What’s the best lessons your father ever taught you?
Still waiting.
What’s the best lessons your mother ever taught you?
Still waiting.
What are you waiting for?
The best lesson from my parents.
If you were fired from your job today, what would you do to get things together financially?
Apply for unemployment.
What do you owe your community?
Nothing.
Is there anything you would die for?
Rachel, Sully, Seth.
What is your idea of happiness?
A quiet day with Rachel.
What is your idea of wealthy?
Having no debt.
How do you ideally see yourself at the age of 75?
Healthy.
What do you always have with you when you leave the house?
Wallet and phone.
If you could automatically learn another language or two, what would they be?
Sign Language.