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| Introduction | |
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| Something Wrong in Paradise | |
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| The Solution: Semi-Retirement | |
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| Escaping the World of Work: One Story | |
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| How This Book Can Help | |
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| A Look at Some Typical Semi-Retirees | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Stages of Semi-Retirement | |
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| A Quick Look at the Chapters | |
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| Figure Out Why You Want to Do This | |
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| Why Work Seems Stale | |
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| Work in Other Times and Cultures | |
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| Planning to Make the Leap | |
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| Moving From Work to Semi-Retirement | |
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| Live Below Your Means | |
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| What It Means to Live Below Your Means | |
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| Creating Your Spending Plan | |
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| Determining Your Annual Spending | |
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| Determining Your Means | |
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| A Different Approach for Well-Paid Part-Timers | |
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| Planning for Changes | |
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| Shifting Your Thinking to Reduce Spending | |
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| Children and Semi-Retirement | |
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| Retiring Outside the U.S. | |
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| Deciding Whether It's Possible to Semi-Retire | |
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| Put Your Investing on Autopilot | |
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| Help for the Beleaguered Investor | |
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| Where Wall Street Goes Wrong | |
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| Myths About Investing | |
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| Prize-Winning Portfolio Theory | |
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| Rational Investing | |
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| Examples of Rational Investing Portfolios | |
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| Rebalancing Your Portfolio | |
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| Take 4% Forever | |
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| The Safe Withdrawal Rate | |
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| The Safe Withdrawal Method | |
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| Data and Results | |
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| Using the Safe Withdrawal Method | |
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| Stop Worrying About Taxes | |
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| Tax Benefits for Semi-Retirees | |
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| Strategies for Lowering Taxes | |
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| Comparing Taxes: Salary Earners and Semi-Retirees | |
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| Do Anything You Want, But Do Something | |
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| Why Work? | |
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| How Work Evolves in Semi-Retirement | |
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| Making the Shift | |
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| Common Work Options for Semi-Retirees | |
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| Unpaid Work Alternatives | |
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| Finding New Activities | |
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| Don't Blow It | |
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| Challenges of Semi-Retirement | |
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| Special Advice for Couples | |
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| Make Your Life Matter | |
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| Simple Steps for a Life Well-Lived | |
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| Taking Your Pulse | |
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| The Asset Classes in the Rational Investing Portfolio | |
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| Stocks | |
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| Bonds | |
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| Other | |
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| Resources | |
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| Early and Semi-Retirement | |
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| Personal Finance | |
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| Rational Investing | |
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| Safe Withdrawal Rates | |
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| Work/Life Issues | |
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| Index | |