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Optimizing Retirement: The Ant and the Grasshopper
August 05, 2022
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On this episode, we breakdown the childhood fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper. If you're familiar with the story, the ant is usually heralded as the wise one working and saving for the future. However, is this correct? In this podcast, Ben explains ways both the and ant and grasshopper were wrong. Ben also shares how conventional retirement planning wisdom misguides people to a life of life-deferral.
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Ben has been in the financial services industry for nearly two decades. He has worked alongside thousands of families and individuals while owning and operating Taatjes Financial Group, a retirement planning firm in west-central Minnesota. While Ben loves to work with retirees, his passion extends far beyond the numbers. This passion led to the publishing of his first book, Repurposed: The Untold Story of Retirement in America in 2017 as well as co-founding Retire Repurposed in 2019.
