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The Encore Curve: Retire with a Life Plan that Excites You Hardcover – June 6, 2017

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Today's retirement looks nothing like your parents' experience. Our longer life expectancy and increasing intellectual capital have transformed our notion of the golden years. Often we're just not ready for a life without work. We fear outliving our money and our meaning. We want to stay productive (whatever that means to us personally) well into the future and for baby boomers and the following generations, that future is closer than we think. No matter your definition of financial confidence, with the right tools and approach, you can create the retirement of your dreams: your memorable encore. The Encore Curve examines two crucial questions: Now what am I going to do? and will I have enough money? and guides you toward the answers, with unique coaching methods to help you find and fund your retirement goals. Part workbook, part personal journey, it will equip you both emotionally and economically to define the next phase of your life. Develop and then pursue a powerful vision for your future, regardless of your age, with Andy Raub's Peace of Mind Investor Process, the winning techniques and wisdom of a financial advisor and investment manager with thirty years of experience and hundreds of successful clients. Using simple, insightful exercises and worksheets, you'll determine your priorities, maximize your income, and design your own fulfilling, worry-free retirement. The Encore Curve will show you how to . . . - Refocus your life and put first things first - Organize your finances and build a spending plan - Assess your risk and recovery options - Avoid mistakes as you adjust 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 your money to your dreams - Make your future bigger than your past Retirement can be more than a finish line, it can be a starting point. When you ask yourself the right questions, face the tough choices, and put all the pieces together, you can build your own encore performance at the end of your personal play.

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''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.

''I am glad that there are people like Andy in the world who are bringing peace, abundance, and meaning into our lives.'' --Jack Canfield, America's number-one success coach and cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

''The Encore Curve uses faith, optimism, and humor to help you traverse the slippery slope of financial security. Great read.'' --Suzie Humphreys, "independent woman," humorist, and inspirational speaker

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'. It is impressively informative, exceptionally well written, and thoroughly accessible in organization and presentation. - Midwest Book Review

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Today's retirement looks nothing like your parents' experience. Our longer life expectancy and increasing intellectual capital have transformed our notion of "the golden years." Often we're just not ready for a life without work. We fear outliving our money and our meaning. We want to stay productive (whatever that means to us personally) well into the future - and for baby boomers and the following generations, that future is closer than we think. No matter your definition of financial confidence, with the right tools and approach, you can create the retirement of your dreams: your memorable "encore." The Encore Curve examines two crucial questions""Now what am I going to do?"" and ""Will I have enough money?""and guides you toward the answers, with unique coaching methods to help you find and fund your retirement goals. Part workbook, part personal journey, it will equip you both emotionally and economically to define the next phase of your life. Develop and then pursue a powerful vision for your future, regardless of your age, with Andy Raub's Peace of Mind Investor Process - the winning techniques and wisdom of a financial adviser and investment manager with thirty years of experience and hundreds of successful clients. Using simple, insightful exercises and worksheets, you'll determine your priorities, maximize your income, and design your own fulfilling, worry-free retirement.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brown Books Publishing Group (June 6, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1612548938
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1612548937
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches

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Andy Raub has helped countless individuals plan for their retirement and manage their investments. As an early Baby Boomer, he understands the fears most retirees now face, which prompted him to write a book to help them reset their life goals and reorganize their money so they can live with renewed purpose.

“I want to make sure that people avoid wasting their healthiest post-work years searching for an answer they can have right now. Helping others accomplish this purposeful living is my own Encore Curve, the way I want to spend my future,” Andy says.

Andy, called “America’s Encore Coach” by well-known co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul series Jack Canfield, is a sought-after speaker on personal finance and life-planning topics, as well as a popular Bible teacher. Andy lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Jean.

Learn more about the Encore Curve program at EncoreCurve.com.

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Kris C.

Understanding "Why" for retirement motivates the "How Much," not the other way around.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 14, 2017

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Over a year ago, I was lucky enough to have Andy share about the book he was writing (this one). I am so excited it's finally here! The title, Encore Curve, comes from another curve, the Decline Curve. He says we typically hit the Decline Curve late in life–when we slow down because of age or health. The book's premise is that instead of wandering off slowly and aimlessly "into the sunset," you can live life like a rock band and save your best for last in an "encore performance."

Even though as a Gen-Xer, I am probably two decades away from retirement, his approach to first asking "The Why" or what you want to do and who you want to impact in retirement really got me excited. I think my generation and those that follow can't imagine not working, which is a shift in traditional thinking. We want to be active, contribute to society, and help others up until we just can't. This book helps you discover the ways that you can do that.

The book is divided into two sections, Life Plan and Money Plan, which Andy says go hand in hand. What I really like is that the chapters alternate between a story about a couple at the doorstep of retirement and practical, applicable knowledge. There are also worksheets at the end of the chapter to fill out (I went online to get full page printouts).

This is not an easy-fix, one size fits all, or fluffy book on retirement. Many of the Life Plan exercises made me ask myself questions that I hadn't asked before and gave me new insight. It's a cool process that walks you through discovering your personal gifts and what matters to you the most and then how combining these things together will give you motivation and direction. Once you have that plan in place, it makes the money side easier to figure out.

I believe this book is helpful for those near or early into retirement, but equally as much for people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. My parents will be getting a copy from me!

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Harmony

I would highly recommend to everyone to purchase

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2017

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I would highly recommend to everyone to purchase, read and follow the steps Andy has laid out to help prepare for what Andy describes as the "Encore Curve" or post retirement stage in life. Andy has written this book so that all readers can easily follow along. This has been an enjoyable and fun guide to help discover what the next stage of life holds for me. Andy is a gifted and talented writer and has clearly invested many hours developing this beneficial tool which will provide invaluable guidance to those who follow his advice! I feel better prepared for my "Encore Curve" since completing this course. I sincerely look forward to reading Andy's next book!

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Sharon

A must read for couples considering retirement

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2017

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I finished The Encore Curve last night and told my husband this morning how important it is for him to read it. We're 64, and retirement's in our not too distant future. I'm anxious for him to retire but before reading this book had minimal knowledge about how to prepare for it. He knows enough about what retirement entails to want more detailed information before he seriously considers it. He'll appreciate Andy's sound financial advice, and I'm grateful that The Encore Curve included the readable story of a fictional husband and wife who seek help in preparing for retirement. I'm looking forward to discussing the book with my husband and working together to plan our future!

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 18, 2017

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Andy's wealth of wisdom, faith and personal experiences combine to offer encouragement and advice on how to learn from the past as you plan for the future. This book reminds us that life's advancing years can be anticipated with enthusiasm as we continue to pursue our goals. A great read!

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Gail

Very Solid Retirement Planning Guide

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2017

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A thought-provoking guidebook for retirement planning. While it is not exactly a novel, there is an engaging storyline. Though I actually have a background in finance (an MBA) I learned a few things I will need to know in the near future.

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Mickie

Thinking of retirement? READ THIS BOOK!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2019

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Best book EVER for preparing for the retirement season of life. I recommend it to everyone I know over 55.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 29, 2018

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This can really help as you contemplate retirement.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2017

I gave this to my stepfather, an actuary who knows a great deal about finances, to read and he loved it!

He said, "People who are concerned about retiring could benefit from this book, The Encore Curve. Interestingly it addresses maintaining meaning and purpose in life before it addresses financial issues. As the author points out, activities during retirement affect the resources needed for retirement so the two have to be coordinated.
I presume the author's experience is that people could benefit from direction in both areas as they approach retirement. I expect the book will appeal to people who have some idea and some plans, at least for financing their retirement. The financial advice looks solid to me."

The coolest thing was that I enjoyed it too! Not just for the older generation.

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