How Much Is Enough: Balancing Today's Needs with Tomorrow's Retirement Goals (Canadian Edition)

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The numerical and emotional aspects of planning for retirement This hands-on resource demystifies financial planning by giving the Enough number: an exact figure specific to personal goals, which can be a target number to aim for in retirement. It shows what changes will help to achieve the number, and offers an understanding of hidden motivations when it comes to spending money. It also provides an overview of the multitudes of investments available and provides conservative guidelines that will help make money, save taxes, and sleep at night. Offers a clear understanding of t.;How Much Is Enough? Balancing Today's Needs with Tomorrow's Retirement Goals; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: What Is Enough?; Chapter 1: Your Money and Your Life; How Did You Score?; A) Spender; B) Builder; C) Giver; D) Saver; Combinations; Two Attitudes, One Family; Attitudes vs. Preferences; Money Myths; Myth 1: "I'm Going to Inherit."; Myth 2: "There's Always the Canada Pension Plan."; Myth 3: "Why Bother Saving? The Government Just Takes It All Anyway."; Myth 4: "I Was Born Poor; I'll Always Be Poor" or "I Was Born Rich.