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Retire Early: Here's How
“"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."   
- Warren Buffett, business magnate (1930 -    )

A woman I met while traveling this fall gave me living proof that you still can retire early.
In her mid-50s, she had left behind a successful career in marketing a year earlier and said she was enjoying every minute of her freedom or as she called it, her “financial independence.” 
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How did she do it, I asked, as we strolled along Camino de Santiago with our tour group in Spain.

“I realized at an early age that I didn’t want to end up like a lot of girls I knew… out of high school with a baby, in debt with no future,” she said.  At age 13, she began asking her parents about saving money, going to college and getting ahead.  “It really wasn’t that hard…I just stayed focused, saved and invested. I wanted to retire early. Over 25 years of working, I made it happen.”

Listening to her, I heard three key points....
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Own Your Future is my two and one-half hour workshop with one goal: Help people plan, save and invest for their long-term financial well-being.
We explain the miracle of compound-interest and reinvested dividend returns and why starting early is so important.
The workshop leads people through a 5-step method of long-term retirement planning. We cover investment fund management fees, how to hire a financial adviser and why inflation can eat up your savings nest egg.
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Smart Money: How to Get Married After 60

Part of the Smart Money series with Julia Anderson on TVCTV public television
Julia Anderson and Joe Smith discuss prenuptial agreements and taking the plunge after the age of 60 on this episode of Smart Money.