The Motley Fool's Money After 40
Building Wealth for a Better Life
Chapter One: Why Retire?
What is precious is never to forget
The delight of the blood drawn from ancient springs
Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth;
Never to deny its pleasure in the simple morning light,
Nor its grave evening demand for love;
Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit. -- Stephen Spender
You don't actually want to retire, do you?
Why?
Just giving up? Or planning to walk away and play with your own toys?
Is it that you're trying to get somewhere or trying to escape where you've been?
You don't actually want to retire, do you?
Listen to what happened to our grandfathers.
A Tale of Two Grandfathers
Our grandfathers were both accomplished and risk-loving entrepreneurs, one in Pennsylvania, the other in Washington, D.C.
Early last century, our Pennsylvania grandfather flew all around the North (occasionally the Great White North) selling ... read full excerpt from The Motley Fool's Money After 40: Building Wealth for a Better Life ebook
