Clair Schwan

BS from Wayne State University

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Clair Schwan

Clair Schwan Quick Facts

Main Areas
Routine maintenance optimization, homestead management, living debt free
Career Focus
Consultant, writer, trainer, entrepreneur, and business owner
Affiliation
Americans for Liberty and Limited Government, Wyoming Liberty Group, Wyoming Republican Liberty Caucus, Gadsden Legal, CATO Institute, Institute for Justice, National Rifle Association, 2nd Amendment Foundation

Clair Schwan is an expert in financial freedom and has achieved a debt-free life through frugal living, deliberate planning, hard work, and good decision-making. He is self-employed, self-retired at age 49, and lives debt-free on his 12 acre estate in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His focus in life is "more life, less work" and being ever more self-sufficient and financially secure.

His professional career included establishing a technical and management consulting firm in the electric utility industry that served client needs around the U.S. and in many locations around the world. Mr. Schwan is known in the industry as a speaker, training, consultant and technical analyst.

Today, he focuses on sharing with other the lessons he has learned in his business and personal life. The center of his activities is Best of Both Worlds, his homestead where he: grows and raises his own food; eliminates the need for traditional utilities; engages in construction, fabrication and repair on his own; and writes four websites dedicated to frugal living, small businesses, libertarian thought, and homemade greenhouses.

Clair Schwan is the founder of Americans for Liberty and Limited Government, and is a registered lobbyist in the State of Wyoming where he supports legislation that promotes and potects individual liberty, free enterprise, civil rights, limited government and justice.

He shares his home with his sweetheart Ellen and their cat and dog. His life is relaxed and comfortable. It's a peaceful life in the country where each day is dedicated to good living with friends, neighbors and associates.

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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Clair Schwan

  • Adages are never so well understood as when they are experienced.
  • You can learn from anyone, just spend time, and look and listen carefully.
  • Smart people make you smarter – the opposite is also true.
  • Turn off the TV – stop celebrating the lives of others and start celebrating your own.
  • Things are rarely as bad as they first appear to be.
  • There is no such thing as reality – there is only perception.
  • Most of our experiences are those that we helped create.
  • If you don’t know where you are going, then any road will get you there, and when you arrive you’ll never know it – have a plan.
  • Growing old is a great and ever changing learning experience that beats all known alte atives.
  • We all make it through life in our own way, and we should all be there to help one another do it.

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The best way to learn about who I am and what I have a passion for is to visit my websites:

http://www.frugal-living-freedom.com

http://www.sensible-small-business-ideas.com

http://www.libertarian-logic.com

http://www.vegetable-gardening-and-greenhouses.com

http://dude-the-boston.blogspot.com

These sites provide extensive insight as to my personal and professional experience, and offer a wealth of information on financial freedom, self-sufficiency, starting and operating your own enterprise, libertarian principles and values, and enjoying your life.