This first stanza from the poem, “The Elephant’s Child” by Rudyard Kipling (1902), is the guide we use when planning for our clients’ retirement.
“I keep six honest serving-men:
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are WHAT and WHERE and WHEN
And HOW and WHY and WHO.”
We start with a vision of WHAT your retirement looks like, WHAT you’re retiring to, and WHAT you’ll do with your time.
Every journey needs a destination, time horizon and plan. So we ask: WHERE are you going to spend your retirement? WHEN do you plan to retire? The HOW is our job – to recommend HOW to maximize and protect your retirement assets.
WHY is at the core of WHY we do what we do and WHO we do it for. In our process, the WHY is the WHAT, WHERE, WHEN that is so important to you. WHO are the people, causes, charities you want to leave your legacy to?
No matter where you are in life, we can provide you the guidance, tools, and services to help prepare for retirement on your terms.
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