The exit, told live.
Pablo speaks about money, freedom and the nerve to leave the default path — as someone who did it, not someone who read about it. In English or Spanish, on a stage or on a call, anywhere.
An hour of Pablo on exactly this material — the trip, the markets, the exit.
The record they'll be introducing.
quit the job, emptied the flat, left
around the world by bicycle — five years, 30 countries
from first camera to paid photographer — workshops, magazine sales, and a National Geographic feature on the trip
the age he retired — his number made trading prediction markets
Two talks, one life.
The FIRE Exit
The money talk, and the one this site grew out of. Work as a tool, money as stored freedom, the 30× arithmetic of leaving — and the blank page nobody warns you about. The audience leaves with the handout, the tools, and their own number.
- The 30× arithmetic — with their own number started
- The handout and the tools, free — the talk continues on their phones
- The far-side question nobody budgets for
FI communities · universities · finance-adjacent events
Fear does not prevent death
The decision talk. January 2011: quit the job, empty the flat, leave. Five years around the world by bicycle, a first camera to a National Geographic feature within a year, the odds-setters beaten for a living — out at 34. On risk, reinvention, and choosing your difficulties on purpose.
- A working definition of calculated risk — from someone who priced risk for a living
- The reinvention method: think it through, put everything behind it, start
- Permission to choose difficulties on purpose
Corporate offsites · leadership events · teams staring at change
Everything the event page needs.
Two bios, ready to lift — and the photo to run beside them. The designed one-page speaker sheet travels by email.
Pablo quit his job in January 2011 and left with a backpack. He cycled 47,000 km around the world over five years, beat prediction markets for a living, and retired at 34. He writes and speaks at The FIRE Exit.
Pablo's record reads like a dare: out of the job in January 2011 with a backpack and €10 a day; 47,000 km around the world by bicycle; first camera to a National Geographic feature inside a year; prediction markets beaten for a living; retired at 34, in Lisbon. These days the dare is quieter — competitive sports, serious cooking, the long game of longevity — and it's all written down at The FIRE Exit: essays, free tools, the Europe atlas, blunt 1:1 sessions. He speaks in English or Spanish.
One-page speaker sheet — sent on request.
Formats, plainly.
One-page speaker sheet — sent on request.
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