I have read a ton of retirement books lately. It's funny -- I don't remember reading any before I retired. Haha! That's one of the points in today's book. But I'll get to that in a bit. For now let's review a few of the books I've read (and written about) in the past few months: You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think What Color Is Your Parachute for Retirement … [Read more...]
How to Have a Purposeful Retirement, Part 1
Many eons ago, I was a young business school graduate at my first "real" job. I was working for a company that was then (and is still) in the top 50 Fortune 500 companies. Needless to say, I was pretty green, a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed country boy from Iowa, now in the "big city" to make my dreams come true. Cue the theme song from the Mary Tyler Moore show! Up to … [Read more...]
The Top Five Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, Part 3
Today we're finishing up the five money secrets of the happiest retirees from the book You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think. If you need to catch up, the first two posts in this series were The Top Five Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, Part 1 and The Top Five Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, Part 2. Now we round out the five by covering secrets 4 and … [Read more...]
The Top Five Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, Part 2
Today it's time to review more secrets of the happiest retirees from the book You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think. We already listed the five secrets and detailed the first one in The Top Five Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, Part 1. Today we'll discuss secrets 2 and 3. How Much Do You Need to Retire? Secret 2 is the fundamental money question of … [Read more...]
The Top Five Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, Part 1
So far we've covered what makes retirees happy and what makes them unhappy from the book You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think. Today we get into the heart of the book's promise in its subtitle: The 5 Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees. I'll share the five secrets as well as dive into the first secret in this post. In future articles I'll dig into the other four … [Read more...]
My Retirement Disagreements with Chris Hogan
I recently posted ten great things about the book Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number. I could have listed many, many more and I have recommended the book as a supplement to my 12 books to make you a financial expert in a year. That said, I'm not 100% on the same page with the author, Chris Hogan. I generally like Chris -- both his teachings and his … [Read more...]
How to Retire Inspired, Part 2
Today we're finishing the list of ten things I liked about the book Retire Inspired. If you missed the first post, check out How to Retire Inspired, Part 1. We covered five items in the first part, so we have five to review today. Let's get to it... Sad Retirement Stats Throughout the book, author Chris Hogan drops stats about retirement that will leave you … [Read more...]
How to Retire Inspired, Part 1
I just finished reading Retire Inspired and I loved it! It's written by Chris Hogan, a Dave Ramsey Personality (yes, Dave Ramsey has "Personalities" who speak with the backing of his organization -- here's the list of them if you're interested.) Instead of doing a more traditional book review (which I generally hate), I thought I'd list ten things about the book that I … [Read more...]
How to Avoid an Unhappy Retirement
Now that I've shared How to Have a Happy Retirement from the great retirement book You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think, it's time to look at the other side of the equation -- what makes people unhappy in retirement. The book shares a whole host of facts from a comprehensive survey they completed, some of which were mentioned last time (as a contrast to what happy retirees … [Read more...]
How to Have a Happy Retirement
A couple months ago an ESI Money reader sent me an email asking if I had ever read the book You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think. I said I hadn't but it looked interesting. A few days later I tracked down the publisher and asked to receive a review copy. They sent me one and I read it over two days while watching the NFL divisional playoff games (yes, I still … [Read more...]
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