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retirement • sit back & relax • done the duties, enough of slog • Freeee…dom • An artificial finish line, superficial • The 3rd innings – Vanaprasth ashram
retirement • The distribution phase • Consumption from the accumulated funds • Pension income • Philanthropy • Rest for the next generation • Redefining • Rewiring
ideas about retirement • Some are in a hurry to put down the bats – IT • Some play the whole game till the last ball –SK • Few have no choice, are retired hurt – by compulsion – ML/Tx, SSR • And a few would like to keep batting and RIP with their boots on – RTD +++
the drivers - outcomes • Clarity of purpose – what next – Capt Nair, Zest for life. MTU, MTV • Longetivity
without drivers outcomes • boredom • Ill health • Strained relationships • I am no more wanted
retirement planning (rp) • Cost of living • Inflation • Money should outlive & not vice versa • Longetivity • Hereditary & pre existing issues • Distribution
(rp) the curious ones • Inquire • Both philosophical & fiscal • inspire
the philosophical inquiry • Intellectual engagement, personal growth • Leisure/recreation (MMK) • Health care and physical fitness • relationships – close, community and social • Home and location • Financial wellbeing
case • a 67-year-old retired executive lamenting about his boredom and subsequent disillusionment with not being needed anymore- sadder than the person nearing retirement with an insufficient nest egg. • It is one thing to lack money––it is altogether another to lack purpose.
case II • The wife of a retiree confided to her advisor that her husband was driving her nuts sitting around the house all day. She also feared that his health was declining.(JP, MBN)
meaning over money • The most satisfied retirees have anticipated their lives in retirement and not just their cash flows. Consequently, they are living the best years of their lives—instead of being disappointed
author &journalist John Wasik • Instead of absorbing an obsolete view of retirement, we should consider what I call the New Prosperity. This includes a flexible life plan that provides for your financial, vocational, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Unless you look at your future holistically, merely saving up a pile of money will be a meaningless act.
Challenges • GEREATIC CARE – attitude to prolong • The American story
The American challenge • 4 million - 46% with less than $1000 as savings • Taxing the system & competing with you in the job market • Estimated Retirement Research - GAP – $ 6.6 Trillion • 1 in 6 already below fed defined poverty line • 90 million by 2050 • Bankruptcy between age 65 to 74 up
The American challenge • Early retirement – only 23% now, 1991 –above 50 % • Retirement Holiday - AARP - 40% expected to leave the world with their boots on • 56% have debt
the way to go • As you can see, financial wellbeing is only part of a successful second half. • it’s important to have a defining conversation with clients to understand what they need more than the means—they need meaning - they will live a more fulfilling life
Q & A • Steve’s mantra “stay hungry stay foolish”