Your Retirement Elevated Podcast with Scott Dougan

What Can I Control?

What’s in your control, what’s outside your control, and how do those things influence your decision-making in your financial life? For instance, inflation is surging, the markets are down, and political warfare is holding strong.
But rest assured, there are aspects you are still definitely in control of. We’ll explain how facts and logic are better tools than emotions, myths, misconceptions and misinformation.
On this episode, we’ll share:
Should you just ignore the things you can’t control? (2:50)
What’s out of your control? And what can you control? (4:42)
The best way to start your day. (15:18)
 
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Celebrate Our 100th Show With These Memorable Moments

It’s time to celebrate our 100th episode of Your Retirement Elevated with Scott Dougan! For this milestone episode, we thought we’d mix things up a bit with a look back at some of the best lessons from the past few years of podcasting.
Scott’s a great storyteller; it always makes financial planning more relatable when we can tie it into a story about our past or everyday life. So, we’ve gone back through the past 100 episodes, pulled our Top 6 favorite stories, and trimmed each one into a bite-sized piece.
Enjoy these stories as we celebrate episode 100 and gear up for 100 more:
7: Holiday Ham and Running Out of Money (1:43)
14: Redefining Retirement (6:04)
30: This Is It. This is the End of Everything. (9:32)
63: Don’t Make These Assumptions About Retirement (12:35)
72: 4 Financial Questions We Get Asked All the Time (15:07)
78: Time is Undefeated (18:39)
 
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Why You Need a Micro and Macro Tax Lens

There are a couple different ways to view taxes – through micro and macro lenses. You’ve probably heard of micro and macro economics, but today’s show is all about preparing for tax season. 
Here’s some of what you’ll learn on this episode:  
Why you have to consider variables in tax planning. (6:01)
Why you need to keep the conversation going about your taxes and how often we should meet. (9:12)
Our final thoughts about this crucial topic for your finances. (13:30)
 
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5 Ways Taxes Can Rise & How to Protect Yourself

This topic of taxes is such an important one, especially when it comes to retirement, because the more you pay in taxes, the less income you’ll have to spend. By exploring the five ways taxes can rise, we can help prepare you for what might happen and then discuss the ways to protect yourself.
 
Here’s some of what you’ll learn on this episode:
Your taxes in retirement could do one of three things. (5:46)
What could lead to you changing tax brackets in retirement. (10:00)
The possibility of deductions being eliminated could impact you a lot. (13:33)
Assets could get taxed differently in the future, such as Social Security. (15:33)
What else can you be doing now to protect yourself for higher taxes. (21:30)
 
Get the PDF on higher taxes: https://listentoscott.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PDF-Higher-Taxes-INCLUDE-IN-WEB-POSTING.pdf 
 
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Income Personalities – Probability vs. Safety-First

What is your income personality? Today we’re discussing two types and what they mean – probability vs. safety first. Find out which one you are.
 
Key topics on this episode: 
2:36 – Two schools of thought
5:19 – Your preference
7:12 – Risk
8:53 – Optimization planning
 
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The Four Stages of Retirement

Today we’re talking about the four stages of retirement. We want to break it down in an easy-to-understand way to help you prepare for this huge milestone in life.
 
Key topics in this episode: 
2:58 – Anticipation
4:27 – Liberation/disorientation
6:21 – Reinvention
10:47 – Reflection/resolution
13:00 – Legacy
15:43 – Personality groups
 
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Peanut Butter and Expense Planning

Our entire episode today is based on a meme that says: “You haven’t experienced true heartbreak until you've measured out a single serving of peanut butter.” It can be pretty depressing to see how what 200 calories of peanut butter really looks like, but we’ll tie it all into expense planning.
 
Key topics on this show:
1:45 – Peanut butter
5:54 – Expense planning
8:34 – Itemized expenses
9:36 – Travel and experiences
11:10 – Psychological
 
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What are the Pros and Cons of I Bonds?

Have you heard about the new popular investment, I bonds? What are the pros and cons surrounding these bonds and are they the right fit for you?
 
More on I Bonds: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_ibonds_glance.htm
 
Key topics on this show: 
1:31 – What kind of questions are we getting?
2:22 – Breaking down the I bond news
4:21 – How should we approach understanding these?
5:32 – How does the return work?
7:08 – What are the pros of I bonds?
8:55 – What are the cons of I bonds?
12:23 – I bonds must be held for one year
15:10 – Is this worth it for you?
 
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5 Questions To Determine If Your Financial Plan Needs Further Review

Anytime you meet with a financial advisor, you need to determine if your plan needs more review. On this episode of Your Retirement Elevated podcast with Scott Dougan, we’re sharing the five critical questions you need to ask.
 
Key topics on this show: 
3:58 – Vacation now or later
6:17 – Adequate review
9:36 – Tax plan
12:00 – Income and liquidity
13:59 – Risk
15:34 – Heirs
 
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The Marshmallow Experiment: The Role of Delayed Gratification In Financial Success

The ability to delay gratification – people who have this quality are more likely to succeed than any others, according to a study. Today we’ll share how this can help with your financial life.
 
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What we discuss in this episode: 
2:44 – Marshmallow study
7:56 – Our clients
9:20 – More about the experiment