The author suggests that when it comes to retirement decisions, we may not be asking the right questions.
As the Jodie Foster character in True Detective likes to say, “You’re not asking the right question.” Then for a successful retirement, what is the right question? It’s “Do the decisions I make now matter?” Clearly the answer is “Yes” when we think of ourselves and our impact on our immediate environment and in our immediate time frame. But that doesn’t reveal much so our next question then is “What are the right decisions?”
That’s still not the right question. In this case, the right questions have to be much more specific. It might be, “Is the reason I’m not sleeping well because I’m not comfortable with my current investment strategy?” That can certainly lead you down the path to actually determining whether your finances or housing are keeping you up at night. And it will likely lead you to analyzing your finances and evaluating your financial advisor.
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