The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life
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Reader: Lee EisenbergEdition: Music CD
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2006-01-03
ISBN: 0743553756
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Reviews of The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life
Book Review: The second half of the book is worth reading.
Summary: 3 Stars
I found the first half or so of this book pretty worthless. General information abounds - save more, you'll need it, etc. etc. Nothing new here.
The author does, towards the latter part of the book, make some good points about each of us having to decide what is really important to us in terms of what kind of lifestyle, etc., might make us happy in the later part of our lives. How much money you need (The Number, as it were) is dependant upon how much YOU need to do what YOU want to do. So it does bring up some important issues. But it is no "how to" for retirement.
Summary of The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life
It's the last question you think about before going to sleep, and the first on your mind in the morning. It's a taboo that you can't easily discuss with friends and can barely face with family. It's The Number: the amount of money you need to secure the rest of your life. Do you know what your Number is? Do you know how to think about it? Do you know what you really want to do with it?A provocative field guide to our psyches and our finances, Lee Eisenberg's The Number will help you have the money conversations you have been avoiding. It will make you think about the kind of life you want and the kind of help you need to achieve it. You will also discover:
• Why you wander through your financial "lost years" until it is almost too late• Why downshifting into retirement is so challenging
• How the second half of life is being reinvented as we live longer
An important program for anyone over thirty, The Number is the audiobook to listen to before you consult an investment adviser or a retirement guide -- and above all, before the rest of your life slips by, unexamined.
"Do you know your Number? What happens if you don't make it to your Number? Do you have a plan? The often-avoided, anxiety-riddled discussion about financial planning for a secure and fulfilling future has been given a new starting point in The Number by Lee Eisenberg. The buzz of professionals and financial industry insiders everywhere, the Number represents the amount of money and resources people will need to enjoy the active life they desire, especially post-career. Backed by imaginative reporting and insights, Eisenberg urges people to assume control and responsibility for their standard of living, and take greater aim on their long-term aspirations.
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