Search Results for: Essential Skills For Early Retirement

Have you ever read a job description that describes a perfect candidate as, “A self-motivated go-getter with a can-do attitude…” (Or something to that effect)?

I bet you have. The phrase is so ridiculously common that it can be found on every single job description in the world (if my quick informal survey is to be trusted).

I’m sure every single one of those jobs wants that mythical unicorn “go-getter”, but most of those “go-getters” are only motivated to do well at work…

In this multi-part series we’re looking at Essential Skills for Early Retirement. The focus of this series is what happens after Financial Independence, and what are the skills are needed for a successful early retirement.

This time around, I’m going to discuss the not-so-pretty side of retirement, and why every early retiree needs to develop a thick skin. The thicker the better…

If you read a lot of personal finance blogs like I do, eventually you begin to notice that all the posts look the same — Save money, get out of debt, invest in index funds, reduce expenses, 401k’s, IRAs …. and so on.

Once you’ve read that same advice a couple dozen times you tend to finally “get it”. Am I right?