5 Ways Wishful Thinking Can Damage Your Retirement
A little hope is good for the soul, but when it comes to retirement planning, wishful thinking can lead to serious financial mistakes. Today, we’re walking through five common examples of wishful thinking that can quietly damage your retirement and how you can build a plan that protects your future instead of relying on luck.
In addition to our main topic, usual get-to-know-you questions and quotes of the week, we’ll also share some key things for parents and grandparents to teach a new graduate. Tune in as we cover some practical ways you can help your graduate make smart financial decisions early, along with actions that could have a lasting impact on their future.
This week, Colin from Beaumont, Texas asks whether there are any downsides to using a large life insurance policy to help his kids with potential future estate and inheritance taxes. For our Retirement Ride Along Segment, we’re talking about our time in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:
Get-to-know-you questions: Airports, singing in the shower and more (5:51)
Quotes of the week from Spike Milligan and Thomas Edison (15:24)
Main topic 1: 5 Ways Wishful Thinking Can Damage Your Retirement (19:53)
Main topic 2: Key Things For Parents & Grandparents To Teach A New Graduate (29:57)
Mailbag: “What are the downsides of using life insurance to leave tax-free money?” (39:43)
Retirement Ride Along: Attending the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow (45:20)
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Links From Today’s Show:
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