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Liz Weston on Personal Finance (Collection), 2/e
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Liz Weston on Personal Finance (Collection), 2/e

by Liz Weston
April 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
913 pages
21h 32m
English
Pearson
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11. Setting Goals, Or What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?

Many books on personal finance put the "goal setting" chapter at the very front. The idea is that if you don’t know exactly where you’re going, you’re likely to wind up somewhere else.

True enough. But I think you need to have a clear picture of where you are and get some of the niggling details of your finances resolved before you can take a deep breath and figure out where you want to go next.

Let’s start with a fun little exercise involving the benefits estimate that the Social Security Administration sends you every year about three months before your birthday. (If you lost your last one, you can request a replacement at the Social Security Administration site, www.socialsecurity.gov/statement/ ...

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ISBN: 9780133445893