I am new as a member here, but have been reading a bit on the forums over the past few months. Below is an introduction to myself, to get started.
I am 28 years old, male from Copenhagen, Denmark. I live with my girlfriend. I have always had a great interest in finance and economics, not least personal finance and tax law. This is also my educational background and is an integral part of what i work with. I have been an investor and entrepreneur since my late teens. Some projects have gone very well, some less so. Bottom line, I have accumulated a quite reasonable net worth already and continue to make fairly good earnings from both passive (investing) and more active (work) activities.
A few years ago I was in an accident that entirely turned my world and life around. As the injury involved the head and brain, I lost a great deal of my ability to work and function in general. With help from the health care system in Denmark and mostly my own efforts and seeking help from professionals in other countries, I spent 2-3 years recovering and training my cognitive abilities to a point where I have now more or less entirely recovered. Although it was a very tough journey, I have learned a lot from it and as cliché as it will sound, I have learned to appreciate life and what I have a lot more. Before the accident I used to work harder and not always smarter, now it has become a part of my life to optimize the yield for any effort I make - trying to work smarter and not harder.
For a long while the prognosis from the doctors was that I would probably not recover fully and I also was in doubt myself. For 1-2 years I therefore gradually adjusted mentally to the fact that I would have to get by with significantly lower income. Although I have recovered quite well and can now work and make money that way, the notion that I should be financially independent has become even more ingrained.
When I read the article about ERE in a Danish newspaper it appealed a lot to me and in many ways summed up many of my own unstructured thoughts in a more coherent manner. My reading of Jacob's book and the forums here has only added to that and been hugely inspirational.
I look forward to participating in the discussions and to meet many of you here and perhaps in real life
