The Midwest Book Review (Jan 2018)
The Encore Curve
Andy Raub
Brown Books Publishing Group
9781612548937, $23.95, HC, 273 pp, www.amazon.com
“Longer life expectancy and increasing intellectual capital have transformed our notion of the golden years. When Social Security became law back in the 1930s the average life expectancy was a full decade lower than it is today. One of the unintended consequences if that with an average life expectancy in the high 70s many (especially among the Babyboomer generation) are just not ready for a life without work; fear outliving their money; fear outliving their meaning. That’s why Andy Raub has written “The Encore Curve: Retire with a Life Plan that Excites You” as a thoroughly ‘user friendly’ instruction manual and guide with which anyone can create the retirement of their dreams — what Raub calls ‘a memorable encore.’
“The Encore Curve” examines two crucial questions: “Now what am I going to do?” and “Will I have enough money?” guides the reader toward the answers, with unique coaching methods to help them find and fund retirement goals. Part workbook, part personal journey, “The Encore Curve” will equip the both emotionally and economically to define the next phase of their life, develop and then pursue a powerful vision for their future (regardless of their present age), with Raub’s “Peace of Mind Investor Process.” Using simple, insightful exercises and worksheets, “The Encore Curve shows how to: Determine priorities; Maximize income; Design fulfilling, worry-free retirement; Refocus life by putting first things first; Organize finances and build a spending plan; Assess risk and recovery options; Avoid mistakes by making adjustments to the new rules of the game: Manage finite funds in the face of increasing costs; Devise a contingency plan for sudden life changes; Take advantage of retirement’s opportunities and challenges; Match money to dreams; Make the future bigger than the past.
Impressively informative, exceptionally well written, thoroughly accessible in organization and presentation, “The Encore Curve” is unreservedly recommended, especially for senior center, community, and academic library Money Management & Retirement Planning instructional reference collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that “The Encore Curve” is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
What People Are Saying
“I am glad that there are people like Andy in the world who are bringing peace, abundance, and meaning into our lives. Andy is America’s Encore Coach!”
– Jack Canfield, America’s number-one success coach and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
“In this book, Andy Raub shows how creatively rethinking purpose and money can make retirement into an opportunity to build an exceptional life of growth and opportunity you’ll look forward to waking up to every day.”
– Dan Sullivan, founder of The Strategic Coach, Inc.
“The Encore Curve uses faith, optimism, and humor to help you traverse the slippery slope of financial security. It teaches you how to grow old with confidence and peace. Great read.”
– Suzie Humphreys, independent woman, humorist, and inspirational speaker
“Andy Raub has penned a wise and engaging challenge to those of us facing retirement. The Encore Curve delivers on its promise to provide a reinvigorating life plan and a money plan that will calm your fears.”
– Dr. Reg Grant, chair and senior professor of media arts and worship at Dallas Theological Seminary
More about the Book
The Encore Curve weaves an entertaining narrative through instructive encouragement and exercises to give you a full picture of how to create your own exciting, Encore Curve retirement. You will learn:
- Why you shouldn’t create a money plan until you know your life plan.
- How to know if your life plan makes sense based on the money you have now.
- How to create a fulfilling future that makes use of the best parts of what you already know and love.
- Why organizing your money in buckets based on the when and for what it will be used is smarter than trying to time the market.
- What to do when you aren’t sure what should come next in retirement.
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