Hey everyone, welcome to the big picture retirement show. I'm your host, Devin, and today we're

bringing you the second most downloaded episode that we've ever produced. This is the six

Social Security mistakes that can damage your retirement. Now, in the last few weeks, we've been

playing encore episodes to get people caught up to where we are because we've had so many people

subscribed to the podcast over the last year. And this gives John and I an opportunity to work

on some fantastic new topics for 2024. And we are now in the process of producing those and getting

those ready to hit the airwaves early in January and can't wait to release those.

But today is going to be a replay of an episode that came out all the way back in August of

2022 where we talked about some of the mistakes that can be easily corrected, but how some of these Social Security mistakes can

cause some long-term or even permanent damage.

We talked about some small missteps that cause overpayment notices, miscalculating

spousalal or survivor benefits, and then avoiding some earnings record errors that are really easy

to miss here. We talked about the Social Security tax torpedo, and we also talk about relying

on the Social Security Administration for advice. Do that at your own peril. And then last,

we talk about using software to make decisions. This has been a fantastic episode that a lot of people have gotten a lot of value from, and I hope you do too.

And before we get there, if you haven't already rated and reviewed the podcast, we do love to see those five-star reviews.

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Give us a five-star rating and review.

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