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Think About Retirement Differently

Grey on 11 Dec 2009

Stefan Sagmeister recommends a powerfully different way of thinking about retirement. For most people, retirement looks like this:

Grow up and learn for 25 years, work for 45 years and at the end take 15 years of retirement.
Sagmeister arranges his life differently:

Instead of taking the 15 years of retirement at the end, he chops off [...]

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How the Current Economy Has Affected Dentists, Vasectomies, Guns and Shark Attacks

Grey on 20 Oct 2009

John Gerzema gave an interesting TEDx talk on how customers are dealing with the current economy and how communications technology is making capitalism better.
Some of the highlights:

Spending is at its lowest in 63 years
More people are using debit cards than credit cards
Americans are holding onto their cars for longer than ever: 9.4 years
Library membership is [...]

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