In the first episode of Money Mantra, StockGro’s Founder and CEO, Ajay Lakhotia, speaks to author, influencer and podcaster Raj Shamani. During the course of the conversation, Raj delves deeper into his financial journey while sharing interesting anecdotes from his personal life. He talks about what it takes to achieve financial freedom, how he started investing when he was as young as 18 and the concept of early retirement. When discussing the topic of buying a house, he explains why it will be more of an emotional decision for him than a logical one.Stock market investors today can greatly benefit from a platform like StockGro, but when Raj began his investment journey, there was no such thing. When Ajay asks him how StockGro would’ve helped him during his early investment days, Raj details out 3 very important points.(Money Mantra is a podcast series by India For Financial Literacy, a joint initiative by TOI and StockGro)