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July 4th, 2026

Don’t Retire If This Is You – 5 Warning Signs

  1. Don’t Retire If This Is You - 5 Warning Signs James Conole, CFP® 14:36

You can hit your number, be fully financially ready, hand in your notice, and still end up miserable. Or worse, running out of Money.
 
In 15 years as a Retirement advisor, I've watched it happen again and again, and it almost always comes down to one of five warning signs. Most of them have nothing to do with how much you've saved.
 
If even one of these is you, it's not a no. It's a not yet, and I'll show you exactly how to fix it.
 
We're going to cover:
 
– the story of a client we'll call Bob, who retired early to move across the country with his new wife, and kept calling us saying he needed more money
– why two people can retire on the same day with the same average return and end up with completely opposite outcomes
– the real reason Depression and Divorce rates are so high among retirees, and it's not about money at all
– the conversation most married couples never actually have before one of them retires
– what happens after the retirement honeymoon phase wears off, and why so many people feel lost when it does

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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.