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...]

Today I'm continuing my thoughts on the retirement book,  Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy So far, here are the posts in this series: Win the Retirement Game, Introduction Win the Retirement Game, Fighting Boredom  Win the Retirement Game: Take Control of Change and Move Beyond the Status Quo  If you … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

I recently finished reading Retirement Starts Today by Benjamin Brandt. Overall I think it's a solid read. I wouldn't put it among the best retirement books I've ever read, but it does make one GREAT point: you need to actively plan for and practice your retirement life before you retire. There are plenty of retirement books that focus almost entirely on the financial side … [Read more...]