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June 20th, 2026

Sell These 10 Things BEFORE You Retire

  1. Sell These 10 Things BEFORE You Retire James Conole, CFP® 16:18

There are 10 things sitting in your life right now that are quietly draining your Retirement. Most people never notice them.
 
This isn't the usual save more, buy more advice. After 15 years of helping people retire, the happiest ones I've seen didn't get there by adding. They got there by letting go of the right things at the right time.
 
This video is all 10, ranked, with the biggest one saved for last.
 
We're going to cover:
 
– why the very first thing on this list is the one almost nobody expects, and why selling it could actually make you healthier
– the 30/30 rule that tells you in seconds whether to keep something or get rid of it forever
– what my father-in-law admitted about the hobby he loves, and why it changed how I think about retirement
– the conversation my Family keeps having with my grandma about the thing she's holding onto so tightly it's costing her freedom
– the couple who retired on track, then made one decision out of Love that quietly drained everything, and the daughter it was secretly hurting
– the one item on this list that isn't clutter and isn't about Money, but is the hardest to let go of

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James Conole CFP®, Podcaster

James Conole is the founder of Root Financial and the host of the Ready For Retirement podcast and YouTube channel.