19/02/2024
โ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ?โ
Ok now weโre making progress.
By the age of 50, we realise that there isnโt as much time as you think there is.
Thereโs now more time behind us than in front of us.
A few days ago I had a meeting with 2 brothers who Iโve been working with for 10 years. They are now focused seriously about the future.
โI canโt see me never working, but you never know what might happenโ
Iโm thinking and theyโre thinking โฆ
If you have to step through the door into retirement, we better be well prepared.
โฆ leave the proper planning too late โฆ donโt think about it soon enough โฆ donโt get all your financial ducks lined up โฆ
And a disaster could be around the corner.
If it goes wrong, the financial security of running a successful business could fall off a cliff just like that.
And this is a problem that many business owners face.
A great business, that gives a great living, doesnโt automatically lead to a great next chapter of life.
So, back to the question.
โHow much is normal?โ The question was about how much income do most people live on in retirement.
The answer is different for all of us, so our plans need to be tailored to each of us individually.
The questions we really need to find the answers to are these.
โ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก?โ
โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ?โ
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ?โ
โ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?โ
Once these questions are answered we will be prepared to step through that door into retirement โฆ
โฆ if we choose to โฆ
โฆ or we we have to โฆ
The postscript to this story. The brothers both want to keep working and are from a family that donโt really do traditional retirement.
Their father at 70 is still working and has no intentions of stopping anytime soon.
But they still want to be able to walk through that door to retirement if life forces their hand.
Until next time โฆ