Quite an informative post. My partner recommended this book to me as well and I must confess that you couldn't have written this post any better.
Nurturing the mindset of being financially free is very essential. Thank goodness for the advancement in technology, at least one can easily make money anywhere, anytime - even from the comfort zone of our beds.
One thing is to make money, another is to sustain it and this is where the concept of investment and reasonable spending comes in.
Many thanks for sharing this interesting piece.