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The Specter of Retirement and How to Prepare

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
8 minutes

For many contractors and entrepreneurs (yours truly included!), retirement is a scary concept! With Bundy, Dennis, and Bill B. departing PCA in the last three years, retirement is suddenly much more a concern for us than it had ever been. While retirement has different definitions for different people, it nonetheless represents the beginning of a different era and way of life.

Please tune in this week as Wayne details great advice from Arlin Sorenson’s blog about how to think through and prepare for your eventual sayonara from the full-time work world. Arlin offered six thought provoking questions to help prepare your mind and heart for retirement, and Wayne adds one of his own.

For those of you who have made the transition successfully, what has worked/not worked for you? Please share with the rest of us in the comments.

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