Buying A Business After “Retiring”

You’ve left your full time job, but you don’t want to retire, or can’t afford to yet.  What to do? A fairly common method of having a change of lifestyle and generating an ongoing cash flow is to buy an existing business.  This option can work well for some people or...

The Million Dollar Retirement Myth

The often repeated claim that Australians now need a million dollars in their superannuation account if they wish to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle has been challenged by The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees.  This is one of the major organisations in...

Put Some Passion Into Your Retirement Planning

Retirement can be a great time to focus on what you are passionate about. If you do you’ll find that your life has more purpose and interest. There’s now a way to help you focus on what you are passionate about and use this skill to influence how you live your life....

Living In An Empty Nest

I remember when our second and last child moved out of the family home and went to a big city.  The place felt empty and my wife and I kept wondering what we were going to do with ourselves after spending the last 20 years turning babies into partially civilised young...

Here’s What You Are Not Told About Retirement Planning

Having enough money to retire on is what most of the retirement planning industry focuses on.  That’s important, but it’s only part of the story. Having enough money is certainly a big improvement on having too little.  However money is really the means to an end and...

Working In Our 60s

The reality for most people approaching retirement is that they will probably be swapping a full-time career job for a life which is part retirement and part work. There are lots of benefits in this new ‘norm’.  The additional money will help fund a retirement which...