(Harvest) An interesting article at Plaid Zebra cites work done at Harvard that says instead of believing that success leads to happiness, being truly happy is what leads to success with some data to back up the assertion.I believe embracing this mindset can also pertain to the accumulation of assets as part of a retirement plan. There has long been a huge obsession with getting to “your number.” Investment and insurance companies have launched famous ad campaigns around this concept leading people to obsess over achieving their number and lamenting when they don’t or maybe feel with ten years to go they have no shot at their number.

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