Ready For Retirement

The Real Math of Working One More Year (It’s Not What You Think)

June 6, 2026·9 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

"Just one more year, to be safe." I've heard that sentence more times than almost any other in my career. One year becomes two, two becomes five. By the time they finally retire, something has shifted and retirement looks very different. This is the math of working one more year. Both sides of it. We're going to cover: - why Mark and Carol (example case) had $2.5 million saved and still couldn't say yes - the $600 a month question that changed everything in the room - what Carol said when ...

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