Your Safe Retirement Coach
One thing I’ve learned in my work with retirement and seeing people live longer and safer in retirement is that attitude is a key driver for success. A positive attitude and having purpose in retirement are “details” that can create a safe retirement and they need to be including as part of “the talk” between [Read More...]
In the process of writing my book, ‘Having “The Talk” With Your Parents About Retirement’, I’ve found that one of the ways that adult children can connect with their retiring or retired parents is to view the process of creating a legacy for them as a project that can be jointly undertaken. The reality is [Read More...]
I have been hacking, cursing, and trudging my way around golf courses since my teens. I have lost balls, lost clubs and lost friends playing this game. I have relocated sand from its original home, obliterated thousands of wooden golf tees, and aided the aeration process on courses through my own method of creating new [Read More...]
For nearly six months I’ve been running a poll on this site asking my readers which presidential candidate they would vote for. It’s provided an interesting trend that is similar to what we’ve seen in the general opinion polls. Although my readers tend to be retirees or pre-retirees, the results mirror the near 50/50 split [Read More...]
Jack Tatar speaks to Diana Denholm, author of The Caregiver’s Handbook about the challenges of caregiving. In this powerful audio, Diana discusses her experiences being a caregiver to her husband. Through this experience, Diana provides advice for each and every person who is either an existing caregiver or potentially in the role of being a [Read More...]
One of my favorite books is David Seabury’s ‘The Art of Selfishness’. Published in 1937, the basic message of the book is that to achieve success and greatness, one must find the their “true nature”. This “true nature” is often found by focusing on one’s own needs rather than on those of others. At the [Read More...]
I’d venture to say that this happens VERY often. One spouse wants to retire and the other doesn’t. Well, what happens in these situations? More importantly. what are the considerations to be made in order to make a decision that benefits both parties? Here’s some interesting facts: 62% of couples don’t agree on their expected [Read More...]
The reality is that there are more than 40 million women who are the primary caregivers for a sick person and very often that person is the man that they’re married to. This is often an “expected” role for the wive and most accept it as a duty that they have to handle. What we [Read More...]
Learn. Learn. Learn. It’s one of the 10 Joys of a Safe Retirement. For so many reasons, continuing to learn enhances the lives of seniors and those who are retired. The reality is fortunately that more and more retired people are seeing the need to continue to learn. Not only for the joy that it [Read More...]
I want to state upfront that this woman is one of my heroes. I was fortunate to meet Lisa Gibson recently and when I looked into her story and past appearances, I was literally blown away by her actions. Many of us can read the words that demand that we forgive our enemies but how [Read More...]
“Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?” -Peg Bracken, Writer
