Retire on Purpose
How to Build Enough, Know When You Have Enough, and Actually Enjoy What You've Built
There's a question that keeps people up at night, sitting quietly in the back of their mind during meetings and commutes: "Am I going to be okay?" Not now. Later — when the paychecks stop.
The financial industry has turned that one question into a multi-trillion-dollar business. They've built calculators, projections, and products so complex that even the people selling them can't always explain how they work. Not because the complexity is necessary — but because confused people hire advisors and buy products.
Here's what they'd rather you didn't realize: retirement planning isn't that complicated. The core math is straightforward. The accounts have rules that can be learned. The strategies have been tested over decades. And the biggest decisions have less to do with spreadsheets than with knowing what kind of life you actually want.
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What's inside
- The retirement math, demystified — the 4% rule, what it's good for, and where it falls short
- How to figure out where you really stand — an honest gap analysis between where you are and where you need to be
- How to make the most of 401(k)s, employer plans, and IRAs — the rules, the limits, and the moves that matter
- An investment strategy for retirement that doesn't require you to become a stock picker
- Early retirement vs. traditional age — what changes, and what it really costs
- Social Security strategy — when to claim and how the timing changes everything
- Healthcare, withdrawal strategy, and protecting what you've built — the parts most plans ignore until it's too late
- The non-financial side of retirement — because the number is meaningless until you know what your days are for
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