MONTH 7 / MEETING 1

Book: Discuss Chapter 10-11 “THE POWER OF A PLAN” & “GETTING TO RETIREMENT”

BOOK DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 10 1. WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE OF NOT PLANNING?

2. WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE OF NOT LISTENING TO GOD’S PLAN?

3. MANY PEOPLE DO “RETIREMENT PLANNING” WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR

FINANCES, BUT THEY FAIL TO DO EQUALLY ROBUST PLANNING WHEN IT

COMES TO HOW THEY WILL SPEND, INVEST, THEIR LIVES IN RETIREMENT. FOR A MOMENT, FORGET ABOUT MONEY AND FINANCES AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: 4. WHAT DO I MOST WANT TO DO MOST IN RETIREMENT?

5. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO MOST IN RETIREMENT?

6. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES I WOULD LIKE TO DO OR GOALS I WOULD

LIKE TO ACHIEVE IN RETIREMENT?

7. WHAT DO I WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH MY SPOUSE, MY FAMILY, DURING

RETIREMENT?

8. HOW DO I WANT TO IMPACT OTHER PEOPLE DURING RETIREMENT?

9. WHAT’S ON MY “BUCKET LIST”?

10. WHAT DO I SENSE GOD CALLING ME TO DO DURING RETIREMENT?

CHAPTER 11 1. DESCRIBE YOUR “MONEY” POSITION? GOOD/BAD/SO, SO/DON’T KNOW

2. WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, DO YOU NEED TO MAKE TO ADDRESS THIS MONEY

ISSUE?

3. AM I ON THE SAME PAGE AS MY SPOUSE ABOUT MONEY?