Today we continue our coverage of the book Purposeful Retirement: How to Bring Happiness and Meaning to Your Retirement. Last time we covered the first half of the book and today we'll go over the second half. In this part, author Hyrum Smith covers a wide range of important retirement topics, so let's jump right in... Retiring with Your Spouse Retirement often means … [Read more...]

Today I'm sharing some more great points from the new book Keys to a Successful Retirement. The book is written by my friend, Fritz Gilbert (author of The Retirement Manifesto), and contains several key points that I haven't found in many other retirement books. This is probably because most authors write about retirement in theory. Fritz writes about it from practical … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]