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Freedom, I was convinced, should be the primary goal of our lives, the objective toward which all our energies move. Why did everybody focus on retirement? Shouldn’t we be concerned with achieving freedom long before we start thinking about front porches and rocking chairs?

Freedom, I was convinced, should be the primary goal of our lives, the objective toward which all our energies move. Why did everybody focus on retirement? Shouldn’t we be concerned with achieving freedom long before we start thinking about front porches and rocking chairs?

December 3, 2016 Nate

— George Kinder

Freedom, I was convinced, should be the primary goal of our lives, the objective toward which all our energies move. Why did everybody focus on retirement? Shouldn’t we be concerned with achieving freedom long before we start thinking about front porches and rocking chairs?”


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