A financial advisor shares stories from his practice and useful information on making retirement a smooth transition—and a rewarding experience.Helping someone plan for retirement is a very personal process. Having retired over a thousand individuals, Sid Miramontes has learned quite a few things along the way.Some situations are similar for each person. But others are unique to each individual—the personal, the exceptional, the human side of retirement.

A contrarian and controversial look at personal finance, and a super simple strategy for making—and keeping—more moneyTraditional financial wisdom persuades us to grow our net worth and build our assets. But traditional financial wisdom is often wrong. In Cash Cows, Pigs and Jackpots: The Simplest Personal Finance Strategy You'll Ever See, author and Chartered Accountant David Trahair challenges everything we think we know about managing our money, suggest...

In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.You don't have to wait until you retire to get the relaxing, worry-free life you want. All it takes is a change in lifestyle, and you can b...

Boomer women are about to pass yet another milestone -- RETIREMENT! The first wave of women to enter the workforce in significant numbers benefited from the femnist revolution and fought for a place in the world of work. Now these women are leading the rush for the exits. As they near retirement age, they're wondering what was gained, what was lost, and what comes next. They're stepping out into trackless territory. This is the book that will show them that retirement is not the end of a p...

Section 8 in the Manual For Living Series. By facing death as a two-time cancer survivor, Seth David Chernoff learned to experience the fullness of life. In his award-winning new book, A Manual for Living: Reality, A User's Guide to the Meaning of Life, he offers straightforward guidance for achieving lasting happiness, overcoming fear of death and finding true purpose. He has lived his message, and pulls no punches as he writes about the hard subjects of death, illness, fear, finding balance...

RETIREMENT ISN’T JUST ABOUT MONEY: Retire with confidence and ease using 6 fundamental building blocks that will help you create a post-work life filled with meaning and purpose.Retirement is more than the absence of work—it’s a different way of life requiring new vision, new purpose, and new life perspectives. Retirement is too important to leave to luck or circumstance; we have to plan and make them happen—our way.Your bridge to the “oth...

What if you had to live in a tent for emergency or financial reasons? And, what if it had to be for a year or more. What would YOU do? Where would you go?Well, here's how 2 seniors in their 70s did it when they were pushed from their comfortable home of 35 years. They cope by wandering all over the 10 western states of the USA while living in a tent - for TWO YEARS.Richard and Laura learned true "minimalism" and to successfully adapt by OCCUPYING the very best of America's ...

The small bakeries that are popping up everywhere in this country can be started with a low investment compared to other food business, and can be highly profitable! This is the A-to-Z guide to making it in your own small bakery! Learn the expert tips, tricks, and a vast gold mine of crucial how-to information you just can't find anywhere else. This is a perfect book for entrepreneurs, schools, colleges and technical training centers. This detailed text contains all the information you wil...

In a recent international comparative study, the United States public schools did not fare well with the rest of the world. To the disappointment of many, the No Child Left Behind law did little to improve student achievement. Nevertheless, a small pocket of poverty schools worked against the odds of limited resources and performed to new heights of academic excellence. These high-poverty, high-performing schools were studied to identify the common trends and to reveal their secrets of suc...

La previdenza complementare è diventata una forma pensionistica fondamentale da affiancare alla pensione pubblica, grazie ad essa è possibile guardare al proprio futuro con maggiore serenità e consapevolezza.Ecco quindi una breve guida introduttiva adatta a tutti, non solo ai meno giovani, perché non è mai troppo presto per iniziare a pensare alla previdenza complementare.

Surveys show that financial literacy levels are typically low around the world, despite the widening access to financial services and the increasing financial risks borne by households in many countries. This suggests that there will be mounting challenges for households and SMEs to invest wisely and effectively as societies age and governments shift away from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes. Individuals will increasingly have to make complex financial decisions to ...

Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. He shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what universities can do to...