One of the girls who read my book….has sent this note….I have masked her name….obviously do not want her name to show up in a Google search!! Name:  hidden           Age: 23 (born 1987)         Profession: Service / Banker 1. At what age do you plan to retire? Have you started saving for retirement? I plan […]

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Thanks to a book on retirement and many sundry articles on retirement planning….and people realizing (perhaps) my limited ability to talk on other topics….we do end up talking a lot about retirement. This is how they react…I have a little conveniently summarised them as follows: people in the 20s           – ‘what are you talking about?’ […]

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Actually many of you will find it difficult to understand that leading a simple life can be so de-stressing.  However many Indians see people living a simple life. However if you live in America it may almost be impossible to live a simple life. Now there is a big movement towards living a simple life. […]

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Bankers in Europe did not behave like this when they were paid moderate salaries. By the time they were in their 50s and could retire they still had to worry about their partnership in the bank to be sold. Indian, Japanese and some other East Asian bankers are not in the same set as the […]

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