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Landing the Plane, Part 1: Building Your Drawdown Framework
Eight years ago I drove through the Valley of the Sun for the first time and knew Arizona was exactly the change we needed. Learning to live there required an entirely new set of rules. The transition from accumulation to distribution is exactly like that.
The Sequence That Determines Whether Your Retirement Lasts (And How to Sleep Through the Chaos)
I graduated from graduate business school in May 2007 into a city buzzing with possibility. By 2008, I was watching people carry file boxes out of high-rise towers. What I learned about markets in that season, no classroom ever taught me. This post is about the one retirement math concept most people skip entirely, and the three protections that let you sleep at night when markets do what markets inevitably do.
Why $20K a Year Changes the Retirement Math More Than You Think
Most retirement planning tools assume a fixed rate of return and skip the most dangerous math entirely. Here is what happens when three real households add a modest Next Endeavor income during the decade that decides everything.