Optimizing Retirement: The Ant and the Grasshopper

from Retire Repurposed · host Retire Repurposed

On this episode, we breakdown the childhood fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper. If you're familiar with the story, the ant is usually heralded as the wise one working and saving for the future. However, is this correct? In this podcast, Ben explains ways both the and ant and grasshopper were wrong. Ben also shares how conventional retirement planning wisdom misguides people to a life of life-deferral. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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