CHAPTER ONE Go back in hist ory a hundred years, and t he concept of retireme nt bar ely existed. If you wer e alive and able, you worked . Whe n yo u qui t worki ng, i t was likely because yo u were ill, i njured , o r d ead. T The Long Game his is a book about playing the long game. No, we’ re not talk ing about you r gol f sw ing or a baseball game stretched into extra innings. We’re talking about the financial long game— abo ut ho w yo u positio n your savings, so t hey last throughout retirement. Retirement, after all, is a long game— a marat hon, not a sprint . W e need t o prepa re not just for t he act of ret iring, but for the length of retirement ahead. H ow do you play the long game when it comes to retirement? The long game is all about identifying and executing steps today that s e t y o u up f or long- term success tomorrow. Put another way: When it comes to retirement, short- term wins matter far less than long- term gains. So, you have to plan for the long game. A New(ish) Phenomenon
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