Impossible. How can another year have passed by so quickly? It seems like yesterday that it was January and we were lamenting the stock market’s worst start to a year …
“What happens when my spouse dies”
In a recent meeting, I was asked, “What happens, financially, when one of us dies?” It’s a topic we don’t discuss all that often, given that all of us will …
Times Like These: Why Clear Financial Objectives Are So Important
When I first began doing this work, a bit more than 15 years ago, I’d managed to arrange meetings with a number of very serious athletic coaches (one of whom …
10 Ways To Improve Your Family’s Future, Starting With You
I rarely, if ever, play re-runs of my writing. TV shows often do it, and so do radio programs. I’ve chosen to create new content each week, until today. You …
A Single Pill For a Successful Retirement?
Dave and I recently attended the Global Leadership Summit, a two-day intensive deep-dive into all things leadership, simulcast all over the world. There were many big ideas, game-changing revelations, and …
Progress Reviews: The What and When
We’re in the business of helping people by building retirement plans with and for them. Perhaps for you. As part of that process, we meet regularly to ensure that the …
Six Of One, Half Dozen Of The Other
Certain tools are extremely useful in making our lives easier. This makes intuitive sense since a tool was likely invented in the first place in order to solve a problem. …
Retiring At A Time Like This?
Anytime a person utters the phrase, “This time it’s different” I get a little skeptical. I’ll bet you do too. It seems that being alive for at least a few …
Learn How To Run?
Do you know how to run? Of course you do, you just…run…right? Something that is so innate to each of us as running, something we’ve been doing since we were …
Social Security Income Funding and Taxation
After decades of working, saving money, and just plain navigating life, retirement approaches and shocks you with its complexity. The number of things to consider when planning a retirement is …