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How to Adopt a Retirement Distribution Mindset

The moment is arriving: After decades of sweating and saving, you're about to retire and glide off into a golden sunset. No more dealing with the boss's temper tantrums, catching the 7 a.m. train into the city or ironing those white shirts on Sunday night.

If it were only that easy to switch your mindset from accumulating savings for retirement to distributing those savings so you can pay your bills for the next 30 or 35 years. If you're like most soon-to-retirees, you've been diligent about saving. You got good advice and implemented it.

However, now that the day is rapidly approaching when those savings need to be turned into ongoing income, you probably have little idea about how to go about doing that.

You're learning the lesson that all retirees must learn: A retirement savings account is not a retirement plan. That retirement account will

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