#449 - How to Live a Heroic Retirement Today

“You are who you are here and now” – Bruce Lee

We all live life with the best intentions, yet rocking retirement is all about what we are actually doing–not intending to do. Do the things that you say are important to you now.

In this episode of the Living a Heroic Retirement series, you’ll learn how you can begin to live a heroic life today. Michael Balchan and I break down what we are doing to live our best lives. We bring the macro level that we have been discussing in the past few episodes down to the micro level. Press play to learn how to embody your virtues by taking baby steps towards your goals.

#425 - How to Plan Your Agile Retirement: Stage 1 - Your Vision

Retirement is a journey into the unknown that can be intimidating. This is why you need to build up confidence in your plan so that you can rock retirement. To build your confidence it is important to master the fundamentals which simply means that you must practice them over and over again.

Last week you learned to let go of the things that are out of your control and how to concentrate on working with the controllables by using an agile approach. This will give you the agency you need to prosper in retirement.

Today we’ll focus on developing an inspiring goal for your future. Over the rest of the month, we'll explore the pathways to get you to your goal. If you are ready to learn how to rock retirement press play now.

PodcastsRoger WhitneyMarch 10, 2022How to plan an agile retirement, decumulation, RMD, inherited IRA

#411 - Overcoming Frugality

Rocking retirement doesn’t mean getting your Roth conversions right, it means minimizing your regrets. At the end of your life, you don’t want to think “yay, I paid fewer taxes!” you want to think “wow, my life was awesome!” Overcoming the frugality that stems from a lifetime of saving is one way to live a life free of regret in retirement.

Have You Taken Your Required Minimum Distribution Yet?

It seems each year people (including advisors) forget to take Required Minimum Distributions. That's bad. If you are required and forget, the IRS penalty is HUGE. By HUGE, I mean 50% of the amount you should have taken out. Ouch.

blog postRoger WhitneyNovember 21, 2014inherited IRA, IRA, Required Minimum Distribution

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