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Your Retirement Needs a Sketchbook, Not Just a Spreadsheet: This Book Focuses on Your Life Goals Rather Than the Math

by Dennis Beaver | education, family, retirement

“Your Retirement Sketchbook” focuses on the hardest part of retirement planning — figuring out what your retirement life will look like — instead of overwhelming readers with financial charts and formulas. April 1, 2026  • By Dennis Beaver “Mr....

Think You’re Too Busy to Do an Estate Plan? In 3 Hours (Seriously), You Could Save Your Heirs Months (or Years) of Stress and Heartache

by Dennis Beaver | business, estate planning, financial, retirement, trusts, will

The cost of delaying estate planning is far greater than the time it takes to get the ball rolling. Sudden illness and accidents don’t send you a heads-up before they happen, and the remedy is far easier than you think. March 24, 2026  • By Dennis Beaver Imagine...

Looking for a Financial Book That Won’t Put Your Young Adult to Sleep? This One Makes ‘Cents’

by Dennis Beaver | education, financial, investment, retirement

“Wealth Your Way” by Cosmo DeStefano offers a highly accessible guide for young adults and their parents on building wealth through simple, consistent habits. February 16, 2026  • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am terrified that our four grandsons,...

Living on a cruise ship in retirement

by Dennis Beaver | hospitality, human resources, retirement

July 19, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you enjoy taking cruises, and are at or approaching retirement age, chances are you’ve seriously considered the possibility of living on a cruise ship instead of moving to a retirement community. And that is exactly what New York...

Got stage fright? Here’s how to overcome it

by Dennis Beaver | fear, retirement

December 5, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “The retirement planning firm I work for has just begun holding seminars where various strategies are discussed with an audience of, usually, around 50 people. My problem is stage fright. “I’ve been reading your columns for years...

Son-in-law destroying business

by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, retirement, workplace

April 27, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver 
  

“I am writing you on behalf of several of us who are long-time employees at a family-owned furniture and appliance store in a small Southern California community. We are worried about the future, about this business surviving....
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