Planning for the Five Great Goals of Life



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This article outlines the five key financial goals that many people strive for: a comfortable retirement, supporting children and grandchildren financially, caring for parents, and leaving a legacy to an institution. It encourages readers to assess their financial capacity against these aspirations, distinguishing between 'good to have' and 'must have' goals. The piece emphasizes the importance of proactive planning and reviewing these objectives regularly.

I want to talk about the five things that virtually everyone I speak with is trying to achieve with his/ her money. Some people have only one of these goals. Some have two or three. And, not infrequently, I meet people who, with a little prompting, turn out to have a bit of all five. And since these five issues are the main emotional and financial concerns in my own and my familys life, I can effortlessly (and quite genuinely) spark a tremendous amount of empathy on this topic and so can y
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