Today we’re going to continue sharing thoughts from the book How to Retire by Christine Benz. It’s a great book which I highly recommend. And as with the last article, I’ll be giving away a copy of the book at the end of this post. We’ve already posted on this book as follows: How to Retire Planning for Retirement Strong Relationships Make a Successful … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview Update 79
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. This interview took place in March. My questions are in bold italics and their responses follow in black. Let’s get … [Read more...]
Win the Retirement Game: Take Control of Change and Move Beyond the Status Quo
A few years ago I started a series on a retirement book I enjoyed. The book is Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy and, as you might imagine from the subtitle, it discusses the nine things that work against retirement to try and throw it off track (and "steal your joy.") In that series I posted to articles: Win the Retirement Game, … [Read more...]
The 10 Best Financial Moves I’ve Made in 10 Years of Retirement
In 2026 I hit a milestone that seemed like a distant, foggy dream back in my corporate days: the ten-year anniversary of my retirement. If you want to go to the beginning and get the details on that blessed event, check out I Retired! There are some fond memories for me in that post! Anyway, my plan to celebrate this momentous occasion is to write several "10 Things" posts … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview Update 78
Today I have an update for you from a previous millionaire interview. I’m letting three years pass from the initial interviews to the updates, so if you’ve been interviewed, I’ll be in touch. This update was submitted in March. As usual, my questions are in bold italics and their responses follow… OVERVIEW How old are you? I’m 60 and my beautiful wife … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Practice Retirement
Today is our third (and last) day covering thoughts shared in the book Retirement Starts Today by Benjamin Brandt. If you missed either of the first two parts, you should check them out before reading this post. Part 1 was Retirement Starts Today: Why I Think Rehearsing Retirement Is a Great Idea and part 2 was Retirement Starts Today: 10 Key Retirement Concepts. As we … [Read more...]
Buckets, Housing, and Control in Retirement
Today we’re going to continue sharing thoughts from the book How to Retire by Christine Benz. It’s a great book which I highly recommend. And as with the last article, I’ll be giving away a copy of the book at the end of this post. We’ve already posted on this book as follows: How to Retire Planning for Retirement Strong Relationships Make a Successful … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 472
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. This interview took place in March. My questions are in bold italics and their responses follow in black. Let’s get … [Read more...]
Retirement Starts Today: 10 Key Retirement Concepts
This is part two of my series on the book Retirement Starts Today by Benjamin Brandt. The first post was Retirement Starts Today: Why I Think Rehearsing Retirement Is a Great Idea. If you haven't read it you should go back to check it out as this post builds on that one. The first post was about the main point (at least IMO) of the book: start planning for retirement life … [Read more...]
Retirement Income, Asset Allocation, and Index Funds
Today we’re going to continue sharing thoughts from the book How to Retire by Christine Benz. It’s a great book which I highly recommend. And as with the last article, I’ll be giving away a copy of the book at the end of this post. We’ve already posted on this book as follows: How to Retire Planning for Retirement Strong Relationships Make a Successful … [Read more...]
