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Can I Go into Retirement Early With FIRE?

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If any of these scenarios sound ideal, you may be dreaming of a FIRE retirement lifestyle. It’s a movement that helps people take control of their financial independence by making trade-offs, such as extreme saving and budgeting early in their careers, to retire earlier in life—often decades ahead of a conventional retirement plan.

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The 10 Best Books on Personal Finance

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Take a look at these 10 books on personal finance, and find the best fit (or fits) for you to begin cultivating beneficial financial habits today. Retire Before Mom and Dad: The Simple Numbers Behind A Lifetime of Financial Freedom. The same insights that popularized the site were then collected and condensed into a book.

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Purpose and a Paycheck and the New Retirement

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Purpose and a Paycheck is a new book from Chris Farrell, a leading expert on retirement and workforce issues facing people over the age of 50.    The reasons are encapsulated in the book's tagline: finding meaning, money and happiness in the second half of life. 

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The FIRE Movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) and Independent Work

Small Business Labs

The New York Times article  How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank nicely covers the " growing movement of young professionals who are intently focused on quitting their jobs forever." " It's called the FIRE movement and the acronym stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early.

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Preparing for a Smooth Transition: 4 Tips for Retiring Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

Now you’re finally retiring from the workforce. Retirement is an exciting phase of life. Tip 3: Communicate Your Retirement Timeline You didn’t just wake up one day and decide to retire. Your executive and colleagues need to make a plan, too, so don’t wait until the last moment to spring your retirement on them.

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Book Review: The Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

The book provides a wealth of excellent "how to" advice on succeeding at independent work. Mulcahy packages up the information from her MBA course in this book, and at only $16 ($11 if you buy the Kindle version), it's a a whole lot cheaper than taking her class at Babson.  See the book for details. 

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Retirement

Laughing all the Way to Work

I haven't been posting in awhile as I have been considering retiring the blog. I will continue to write a few articles now and then, but have been spending more time on finalizing another book, giving webinars on minute taking and I would like to expand into other speaking opportunities where I feel my expertise can be used.