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Most retirement advice was built to help you grow your money. Almost none of it was built to help you actually use it.

Taylor is a third-generation financial advisor, and after watching this industry change from the inside since his grandfather started his firm in 1975, here's what he's learned: the word "financial advisor" can mean three completely different jobs, all wearing the same business card. One sells products. One manages a portfolio. Only one actually plans your retirement. And at 62, that difference can quietly cost you a real piece of what you spent a lifetime building, plus the part no statement will ever show you.

In this episode, he breaks down how the industry got stuck optimizing the wrong half of retirement, the three ways that gap costs you, and four questions you can use to tell whether your plan is actually built for this part of your life, whether you have an advisor, you're shopping for one, or you're doing it all yourself.

Chapters
0:00 — The questions no one's answering at 62
1:18 — Why "financial advisor" tells you almost nothing
2:07 — When the job was just selling products
3:01 — The rise of the portfolio (and "fee-only")
5:06 — The meeting that changed how Taylor sees this work
6:33 — The job retirement actually requires
7:55 — Cost #1: The years you can't get back
9:58 — Cost #2: Money, but no plan to use it
11:28 — Cost #3: The plan only one spouse understands
13:06 — The fix: reverse the order
14:02 — 4 questions to pressure-test any plan
15:10 — What to do next

Resources:

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Check out Taylor's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TaylorMadeRetirement

Taylor's Newsletter: https://demars-financial-group.kit.com/827c64fe0e

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