2982: 7 Lame Reasons People Don't Save for Retirement by Philip Taylor of PT Money on Financial Future

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🗓️ 25 December 2024

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2982: Saving for retirement is a struggle for many, but Philip Taylor dismantles seven common excuses from "it's selfish" to "it's too late" that hold people back from securing their financial future. By addressing misconceptions and providing actionable solutions, Taylor empowers readers to take the first step toward financial independence, regardless of their current age or income. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://ptmoney.com/7-retirement-savings-excuses-you-can-overcome/ Quotes to ponder: "Saving for your retirement is the complete opposite of selfish." "To have a little success in life you might just have to learn something." "When you’re young, retirement is a long way off, but you’ve got time on your side." Episode references: IRA Catch-Up Contributions: https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-catch-up-contributions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.4	goes wrong. This is Optimal Finance Daily. Seven lame reasons people don't save for retirement
0:35.7	by Philip Taylor of PTtmoney.com.
0:39.7	U.S. workers aren't saving enough for retirement. Nowhere near it. The annual
0:45.3	retirement confidence survey put together by ebri.org found that, quote, more than half of
0:51.9	workers report they and or their spouse have less than $25,000
0:56.8	in total savings and investments, excluding their home and defined benefit plans, including
1:02.7	29% who have less than $1,000, end quote.
1:07.7	Those are troubling numbers, but they're not new.
1:10.1	Over the past few years, the survey has
1:12.5	reported similar results. Obviously, people should be saving for retirement, right? So why the disconnect?
1:20.1	If it's as simple as periodically taking some of your earnings and putting it into a retirement
1:24.7	account, why aren't more people doing it? I've made a few excuses
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