When and how should I start preparing for my retirement from SFI?

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Wayne Crocker, Aff (Missouri, US) Top Author Forum Guru 9/27/2015 3:24 pm
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Retirement – That used to be the American dream, work hard for 20 to 30 years and then retire on your pension from where you worked all your life or at least retire on the money you have saved during your working years.

One of the main problems that people are facing is that retirement from a regular 9 to 5 job doesn’t bring enough income to enjoy life as a retired person. As a matter of fact you may not even be able to think of retiring until it is mandatory for health
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Prince Chukwuemeka, Aff (Nigeria) Top Author Forum Guru 10/2/2015 10:03 am
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Retiring from SFI if you wish to do that begins immediately you signed up to become an affiliate. When you setup your goals and your profile you indicated the "why" you were in SFI to be (1), getting out of debt. (2), improving your standard of living. or (3), becoming wealthy.
You also stated in your goals what kind of automobile you want to drive, what you want to build and in what city or part of the world, how you want to spend your time IF you had unlimited resources.
These
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Jelena Todorović, Aff (Serbia) Top Author Forum Guru 10/3/2015 6:07 am
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Hello!
Interesting question.
I never thought about my retirement from SFI, but your question made me to think about that.
I could only write about my decisions, and as always, in this job, it is all about you to decide.

I think that there is always something to do here.
Even if I manage to have strong team, great down line members, I could never leave my
ECA store, without any article and I could never leave my team without any support.

Retirement
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Gilbert Mills, Aff (New Zealand) Top Author Forum Guru 9/27/2015 7:46 pm
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When and how should I start preparing for my retirement from SFI?

Well, the short answer is NEVER.

The beauty of SFI is that we can keep operating our SFI business until the day we die or our health becomes such that it is impossible for us to continue. At which time our SFI business will become an asset in our estate that we can pass on to our children or someone else to continue.

But the great thing about this question is that it encourages us to think long-term.
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Sandra Muishi, Aff (Zimbabwe) Top Author Forum Guru 10/2/2015 7:45 am
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When?
Most professions have a retirement age of around 55 years but with SFI you are your own boss and you decide when you want to retire! The good thing about SFI is it allows you to continue earning long after you have stopped working due to the residual income created by yourself when you built your team. There your retirement date is whenever you are satisfied with your monthly income and know you can comfortably live off it! It can be 5,10 years or less but it all depends entirely on what
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Diane Allinson, Aff (United Kingdom) Top Author Forum Guru 9/26/2015 3:32 pm
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Hi Maria

My first thought when reading your question was that I might change the wording slightly to say "When and how should I start preparing for my retirement WITH SFI?" and the answer to that question would be NOW!

To say "retirement from SFI" implies an intention to leave, to stop what you are doing, but from what I see of SFI, leaving is not necessary, especially if it is providing a steady retirement income. I know we have many affiliates here who
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 9/28/2015 4:30 am
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Every single day you should be preparing for your retirement from SFI. What you do today - and tomorrow, and the next day and each day beyond that - determines how soon you may retire from SFI, and how good that retirement may be.

As much as SFI is enjoyable, people generally work with something in mind: retirement, or less time working, allowing them time to enjoy the rewards of their efforts, during the plenty of time that their retirement affords them. I would think we all want this
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Pamela Butterfield, Aff (Bermuda) Top Author Forum Guru 9/26/2015 8:12 pm
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Personally, i say Never!

SFI is just the opposite, that's if you truly want to make the most of it! .

You should start preparing & using SFi as a possible future retirement plan, from day 1!

That is as soon as you get a better understand of your SFI business. I don't see SFI as a business you want to retire from?
I see it as just the opposite. A great opportunity to build a retirement plan or a 2nd retirement plan!

Why would one care to
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Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 9/29/2015 12:06 pm
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SFI basically offers a chance to ditch your 9-5 work schedule, be your own boss, and make lots of money while making new friends in the process.

There are two aspects that need to be addressed in order to answer your question:

- When you should start preparing for your retirement from SFI?

- How to prepare for your retirement from SFI?

1. When you should start preparing for your retirement from SFI?

You must start preparing for your retirement
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Williams Ford, Aff (Georgia, US) Top Author Forum Guru 9/24/2015 7:28 pm
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This is a great question because everyone deserves to retire and work only if they choose to work. Most people spend over 40 years of their life in the work force although some retire in 20 to 30 years. No one really wants to be glued to a computer either. So, the best time to start preparing for your 'exit strategy' is now.

To do this, you need to crunch some numbers. What is the cost of your current standard of living? If it is say $30,000, then you will need about $600,000
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