
How to Retire
20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement
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Laurel Lefkow
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Rachel Handshaw
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Nezar Alderazi
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Christine Benz
About this listen
What are the secrets to a healthy, happy, and wealthy retirement?
To answer that question, longtime Morningstar columnist and podcaster Christine Benz asked 20 retirement thought leaders to go deep on a single lesson that they believe contributes to success in retirement.
These lessons range from nitty gritty financial matters to quality-of-life considerations that help pre-retirees and retirees maximize their “time on earth” allocations.
On the financial side of the ledger, the book delves into knowing your retirement income style (Wade Pfau), understanding how your spending might change in retirement (David Blanchett), and organizing your portfolio to support in-retirement cash flows (William Bernstein).
Other interviews probe softer but no less important considerations, such as how to spend in order to optimize happiness (Ramit Sethi), the value of burnishing relationships later in life (Laura Carstensen), and living life so that you have no regrets in the end (Jordan Grumet). These lessons help soon-to-retire and already-retired individuals and their advisors tackle retirement with confidence, wisdom, and a specific plan for maximizing their financial and human capital.
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Deciding how much to spend from your investment portfolio in retirement is an important complicated task. This book guides you through the process of determining a reasonable spending rate that will strike the balance between enjoying your early retirement years while preserving enough to be comfortable later in retirement. How much can you spend in retirement? Naturally, this is an essential question for those approaching this important life transition. If you wish to retire one day, you are increasingly responsible for figuring out how to save during your working years and convert your ...
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warning: no pdf means little utility
- By amaz.fan on 03-24-24
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The Thrilling Retirement Life 2.0
- Unleash Prosperity, Embrace Adventure, and Thrive in Vibrant Health!: Your Path to Exciting Possibilities and Unlocking Full Potential in Retirement 2.0
- By: David Quinlan, Black Horse Publishing
- Narrated by: Gerhard Weigelt
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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Are you ready to redefine your retirement and embark on a journey of boundless possibilities? Look no further! Dive into The Thrilling Retirement Life 2.0, the ultimate guide that will ignite your passion, rejuvenate your spirit, and transform your retirement years into an exhilarating odyssey of prosperity, adventure, and vibrant health.
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Simplistic
- By Chris G. on 02-06-25
By: David Quinlan, and others
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Retirement Planning for Dummies
- By: Matthew Krantz
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Retirement Planning for Dummies is a one-stop resource to get up to speed on the critical steps needed to ensure you spend your golden years living in the lap of luxury - or at least in the comfort of your own home. When attempting to plan for retirement, web searching alone can cause you more headaches than answers, leaving many to feel overwhelmed and defeated. This book takes the guesswork out of the subject and guides listeners while they plan the largest financial obligation of their life.
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Why is there no supplemental pdf to accompany this audiobook?
- By Tiffany Nichols on 07-05-22
By: Matthew Krantz
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Retirement Planning Handbook
- Complete Advice and Opinions to Fully Control Your Finances and Plan Your Retirement Successfully
- By: Katherine Elk
- Narrated by: Audrey J Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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According to recent reports published by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR), nearly a third of all households nearing retirement age have little or no retirement savings. That means they may not be able to retire by their target age and may have to keep working long past retirement age just to survive. If you don’t want to end up in the same situation or worse, you need to get started on saving for retirement today.
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Worth a shot
- By Faith Vaughan on 11-14-23
By: Katherine Elk
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How to Plan for the Perfect Retirement
- By: Dana Anspach, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dana Anspach
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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Recent statistics suggest that nearly two-thirds of Americans regret not planning properly for retirement. We tend to underestimate the key factors of retirement planning: our total lifespan; the probable length of our retirement; and, perhaps most significant, how much money we’ll need to fund those years in retirement. In fact, retirement planning can feel so overwhelming that many of us put off thinking about it at all until it’s too late to make the necessary changes.
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Great overview
- By Plum on 01-22-21
By: Dana Anspach, and others
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The New Retirementality
- Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams...at Any Age You Want (New Retire-Mentality)
- By: Mitch Anthony
- Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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In 2000, when top financial philosopher and best-selling author Mitch Anthony first presented a new way of thinking about retirement, it was novel, and many critics didn't buy into it. Originally written to get the attention of baby boomers, Mitch ended up starting a revolution by showing us that everything we had learned about retirement was wrong—we needed a "new retirementality."
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AI voice or elementary content?
- By R Montouri on 07-03-24
By: Mitch Anthony
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Retirement Planning Simplified
- The Complete Toolkit for 401K, IRA, and Smart Tax Strategies to Maximize Your Wealth
- By: Retire Wise
- Narrated by: Jeremy Diener
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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Suitable for newcomers and seasoned listeners alike, this book offers essential insights to clarify and streamline the retirement planning process. Designed for individuals aged 30 and above, it addresses prevalent concerns and goals related to retirement with practical advice and empathetic guidance.
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Understand Your Retirement Plan
- By J. Lee on 09-02-24
By: Retire Wise
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Retirement: The First 365 Days
- Day-to-Day Advice for Happiness in Retirement
- By: George Szlemp
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Make the most of the rest of your life! You’ve just retired. It’s a huge life change! How do you make the transition to post-employment? This inspirational collection of wisdom and witticisms, offering insights, experience, and encouragement, is an entertaining guide to having a purposeful and fulfilling retirement. It's a comprehensive look at the day-to-day retirement experience, exploring what to expect when you retire. With real-time advice to motivate and maintain your happiness as you move into your new post-employment lifestyle, you will discover how to: Understand the process of...
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Interesting but in need of editing
- By Dawn Coppock on 04-07-25
By: George Szlemp
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How to Make Your Money Last
- The Indispensable Retirement Guide
- By: Jane Bryant Quinn
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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Today people worry that they're going to run out of money in their older age. That won't happen if you use a few tricks for squeezing higher payments from your assets - from your Social Security account (find the hidden values there), pension (monthly income or lump sum?), home equity (sell and invest the proceeds or take a reverse mortgage?), savings (should you buy a lifetime annuity?), and retirement accounts (how to invest and - critically - how much to withdraw from your savings each year).
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This is for someone a few years from retirement.
- By MATTHEW on 05-09-16
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The Soul of Wealth
- 50 Reflections on Money and Meaning
- By: Daniel Crosby
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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In The Soul of Wealth, Daniel presents 50 short essays which explore what wealth really is and provides practical suggestions for how to change your thinking and your actions in small, powerful ways, for a wealthier life.
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Filled with bite-sized, digestible insights
- By Anonymous User on 01-05-25
By: Daniel Crosby
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The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning
- By: Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Richard A. Ferri, and others
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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The Bogleheads are back - with retirement planning advice for those who need it! Whatever your current financial situation, you must continue to strive for a viable retirement plan by finding the most effective ways to save, the best accounts to save in, and the right amount to save, as well as understanding how to insure against setbacks and handle the uncertainties of a shaky economy. Fortunately, the Bogleheads, a group of like-minded individual investors who follow the general investment and business beliefs of John C. Bogle, are here to help.
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Good retirement guide planning
- By Arjun J. Dhir on 12-02-24
By: Taylor Larimore, and others
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-13-25
I loved the format and Christine asking questions and others answering…
This was both intellectually stimulating and a touch of honey on the tongue. Magic. Thanks Christine.
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- Kavita B
- 09-29-24
Had to return the audiobook
I was excited to get this book as I listen to podcasts that Christine has been interviewed on. The materials might be great and I will get the paperback book. I am only rating on the audio. The first chapter was unlistenable. There should be no reason that they should call out the narrator names when someone speaks. We understand who they are and it’s very hard to listen to that.
The names are probably auto generated and I would recommend that they take them out and republish the Audibook.
I am looking forward to getting the book though as the material is supposed to be great.
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- Karla Paxton
- 12-19-24
A Compilation of Knowledge on Retirement
This is a must read for anyone who is retiring or will be retiring at some point. In other words, everyone. Christine has gathered together the brightest minds on the subject of retiring and how to do it successfully which is not the same for everyone. Thank you sharing these discussions. Now it's up to execute the advice!!
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- pollard
- 11-07-24
Great book but not a great listen.
Great information but very hard to listen to one of the narrators. Bought the hard cover because I want to go back through some of the chapters and can’t listen to it again.
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- ggirl
- 10-28-24
Book has a lot of good information
loved it. excellent interviews with professionals that gave real life scenarios and circumstances. I enjoyed it immensely
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- Andre Brackett
- 11-27-24
Thought Provoking
Mrs. Benz & her colleagues have put together a very informative, and thought provoking message about securing ones financial future. I'm personally working on having a DIGNIFIED retirement in my golden years. This book is right on time for me. The last lesson with Jordan Grumet hit home for me. When I turned 49 years old, I had to take a closer look at my life. At that point I made a commitment to have a meaningful & purpose driven life. Amen!!
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- Hillary A
- 11-12-24
Great book. Love Benz. Terrible audio
Great book. Love Benz. Terrible audio if you can get past the terrible voices and style it’s great material.
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- D. Goldsmith
- 01-10-25
Good content, distracting audio
I’d heard about this book and was looking forward to the content, which on its own is great, but the narrators were not professional. The robotic cadence, mispronouncing of words, emphasizing the wrong words and syllables, it was just so distracting, and in parts, unlistenable. I sped it up and it sounded like flawed text-to-speech, lifeless. They all just sounded so disconnected from what they were reading. Alexa would have done a better job. Sorry!
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- Peter Riley
- 12-01-24
The best overall look at retirement
As a financial professional (CPA) on the verge of retirement after 30+ years in practice I found this book very helpful. I utilized several specific suggestions right away and my wife and I have discussed others, a must read for anyone nearing retirement. This book brings up all the salient thinks you need to think about.
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- Steve
- 12-08-24
Excellent information, narration not so much
Outstanding information - as someone who recently finished my training as a financial planner after a career in medicine, the information is excellent and spot on. It offers a number of perspectives on a variety of important topics, which allow you to consider many different ideas, but may be a bit confusing if you are looking for just a single answer to a question, But that is the reality of retirement: there is no single correct answer. But the narration leaves much to be desired - it is not engaging and often rather dry. It would be far better to be done in interview style with inflection, perhaps a touch a humor, and some conversational style. But what it lacks on presentation, it wins on substance.
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