How to Retire

20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement

De: Christine Benz

Narrado por: Laurel Lefkow, Rachel Handshaw, Nezar Alderazi

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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Concise summary of diverse topics in Retirement

The unique Q & A format adds interesting takes on different aspects of Retirement. Christine Benz consolidates a lifetime of learning, writing and speaking on Retirement in an enjoyable primer for both neophytes and experienced adults!

An excellent survey of expert perspectives on retirement, curated by someone who really gets it, Christine Benz

I liked that Christine collected top experts in different subtopics and got them to distill their expertise, as well as hearing differing perspectives occasionally (e.g. on SPIA/DIA annuities).

The only thing I did not like is that some of the narrators clearly didn't know the subject they were reading as they repeatedly spelled out acronyms that are always pronounced. Thankfully, the narrator for Christine pronounced the acronyms when appropriate (and even sounds somewhat like Christine).

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.

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!!

A must read for anyone age 40+!

Well, I knew much of a content here. There were lots of details that were new or nuanced that were very helpful and insightful. I recommended to too many folks! It covers all the various areas of retirement from healthcare, taxes to planning estates, to how to invest your money and different strategies for distribution of retirement funds among many other important topics Great book.