It's your favorite annual tradition, net worth by age.

It's Brian Preston, the money guy, restoring order to your financial chaos, retirement,

investing, taxes. You've got financial questions, he's got financial answers.

It's Brian Preston, the money guy.

Brian, I am so excited to talk about this. Because we love that we get to do this show every year.

Basically, we talk about, okay, where is the average net worth for someone in your

stratosphere? Then where should your net worth be? Then this year, we have a new something

very exciting. We're going to lay out that.

We're going to hit it hard this year and then we've got some metrics that you're not going to

miss if you're trying to compare and figure out where do you fit in your net worth versus

your peers out there. Here's the thing I like, though, money is a taboo subject.

You're not allowed to go to a fan where you're in or even go around your office and talk about,

hey, how's your net worth stacking up? Because it is the scoreboard of your financial life,

but you're just not allowed to share it that way.

It's the one thing that allows you to know, okay, based on where I'm today,

am I moving closer to my goals or am I ultimately moving further away from my goals?

Now, it is important that we don't focus solely on the scoreboard. Warren Buffett has this

fantastic quote that goes something like this. He says, games are one by folks who are focusing

on the playing field, not the ones that are focused on the scoreboard. So you have to be careful

that you don't get lost in only looking at your net worth statement, but it is important to

periodically check it to know, am I where I'm supposed to be? And am I moving in the direction

that I'm supposed to be moving into? And it's okay if you do it from time to time. And we're

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