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3 Things

1. Almost Every Financial Planning Decision Requires Judgment (Oblivious Investor)

2. “ReFire” Instead Of ‘Just’ Retire: A Framework To Help Clients Plan For Purpose In Retirement (Kitces)

3. My Baptism by FIRE: Lessons on Financial Independence (Christine Benz)

My Videos & Articles

• ​How To Invest In Your 20s (It's easier than you think)
• ​Does a Market Crash Change the 4% Rule? (FQF)

ICYMI

• The Workload Fairy Tale (Cal Newport)
• Facing the Social Security Shortfall (EconoFact)
• 11 Ways Retirees Damage Their Retirement Success (Best Interest Blog)
• What No One Tells You About Early Retirement (Darius Foroux)
• Generational Wealth vs. Enough (WCI)
• On Why Carrying a Notebook Might Make You a Better Investor (Polymath Investor)
• Getting a Cease and Desist from Waffle House (Jack)
• What Level of AI? (Tom Tunguz)
• These Are the College Majors With the Lowest Unemployment Rates — and Philosophy Ranks Higher Than Computer Science (Entrepreneur)
• The Bank of Starbucks (Of All Trades)
• 5 Ways to Come Up with Tiny Experiments (Ness Labs)

What I'm Reading, Listening To, and Watching

• I read Coming into View: How AI and Other Megatrends Will Shape Your Investments by Joseph Davis, Vanguard's Global Chief Economist. The book looks at several potential megatrends, such as AI, U.S. debt and climate change. It then assigns probabilities to each and suggests an approach to asset allocation based on those probabilities. An interesting book, but nothing that compelled me to make any changes.
• My wife and I watched Fountain of Youth (C-) on Apple TV+ and Nonnas (solid A) on Netflix this week.

Resource

Here is a Google Sheet that lists all of the videos I've published on Youtube, along with links to each video and the topic.

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Best,
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Rob Berger
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