Comments on: JLP Reviews Lee Eisenberg’s “The Number”

By: MyMoneyBlog

MyMoneyBlog — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 07:04:32 +0000

Book Review: The Number by Lee Eisenberg

The Number by Lee Eisenberg was generously provided to me by the book’s publisher. It sounded neat, so I agreed to read it and review it. The Number, as you may have guessed, stands for the specific amount of money that people have in their mind that …

By: Kicking Over My Traces » This Week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is Up!

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:05:09 +0000

[...] JLP at All Things Financial caught me because I’ve recently reviewed our retirement portfolio. (Annual review, followed by shallow depression.) Also, there’s a book invovled, and I’ve never been able to resist anything to do with books. The post is a positive review of The Number by Lee Eisenberg, on how much to save for retirement. [...]

By: Half Sigma

Half Sigma — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:14:37 +0000

I got a free copy of the book, and wan’t really that impressed. It seemed geared towards people whose income is int he top 5%, and who are in their mid 40s to mid 60s. That’s not me.

By: Wealth Junkie » Archives » Carnival of Personal Finance Number 26

Wealth Junkie » Archives » Carnival of Personal Finance Number 26 — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:00:35 +0000

[...] What’s your retirement goal? From AllThingsFinancial, JLP reviews Lee Eisenberg’s upcoming book, The Number. [...]

By: Terri W.

Terri W. — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:56:18 +0000

I’m in the same boat as sam above — while I may not know what my “number” is, I’m already about as aggressive as possible [we live very modestly already, and save about 45% of our pre-tax income] with our retirement.

On the other hand, I know a depressing number of people who don’t seem to have ever thought about retirement or savings, and figuring their “Number” might send them a much-needed jolt to start planning. Here’s hoping that the buzz surrounding this book can do that for people.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:00:52 +0000

What do you call someone who has a plan but doesn’t know their Number? That category isn’t mentioned in your post and that is the category I probably fit in.

My plan is to put away as much as I can for retirement and then adjust my retirement to fit the results. If I know my number and had no chance of meeting it, then I would get depressed. On the other hand, if I was easily meeting the number, then I might be tempted to slack off on my saving.

BTW, I haven’t read the book.

By: Madame X

Madame X — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:22:10 +0000

This book sounds interesting and I have it on my list to read. It’s ranked pretty high on Amazon but no customers have posted reviews yet.