Tag: #stagedretirement

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: A Failure to Communicate

    The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously said, “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” We tend to think we’re pretty good communicators, definitely above average.  But most of us have had someone tell us, “You weren’t clear about that…” Or perhaps, “I can’t read your mind!”  So, while we think we’ve been…

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: A Bad Time to Retire?

    With the recent steep market downturns I’ve been reading more articles about whether this is a bad time to retire?  If your nest egg has suffered, will you have enough to live on comfortably?  Will the markets go even lower?  Will inflation continue to diminish your purchasing power? Well, as they say, it sells papers. But if 2 or 3…