Are you choosing your retirement or is it choosing you? - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

Contractor Talk Articles · 03-11-2008, 04:51 PM

Unless you are planning on never retiring, you are going to need a sizable financial nest egg. You know that. I know that. Everyone knows that. But, most of us are so preoccupied keeping our businesses going that we never fully consider whether our business is on course to create the wealth we need to reach our retirement goal.

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nedpelger · 04-25-2009, 03:02 AM

Excellent article. I liked the distinction between being a business owner (it can operate fine without you) and being self-employed (you are the business). It's good to keep in mind that there's nothing to sell if you're self-employed.

I'm not sure I want to change, but the distinction frames the question well.

Jimmy0246 · 05-20-2009, 09:57 AM

That is a great article. I recently started putting money into stocks and bonds to try and start my road to financial independence. A couple weeks ago I freaked out about my own retirement (which won't be until at least 30 years from now, haha), and it spurred me on.