How Systems Thinking Can Improve Your Retirement with Rick Nason

This month we celebrate the Retirement Answer Man’s 10th anniversary milestone with several guests throughout the month. 

Today we welcome Professor Rick Nason, author of It’s Not Complicated, to discuss complicated vs complex thinking. If that discussion didn’t Stick around for the listener questions with Tanya Nichols and Bring It On with Dr. Bobby Dubois

OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE RETIREMENT ANSWER MAN

COMPLICATED VS COMPLEX THINKING WITH PROFESSOR RICK NASON

• [4:20] Defining simple, complicated, and complex
• [9:11] Why it is important to identify whether you’re dealing with complicated vs complex
• [18:10] How to approach complex problems
• [29:30] How AI plays into the discussion of complex vs complicated thinking

LISTENER QUESTIONS

• [38:50] On portfolio performance calculations
• [46:18] How to decide whether to stay with an advisor or move to another firm?
• [51:38] How to take your RMD
• [57:02] On the Dying with Zero book
• [57:31] On Don Quixote

BOOKS I READ THIS MONTH

• [58:56] The books I read this month

BRING IT ON WITH DR. BOBBY DUBOIS

• [1:04:02] Exploring uncertainty
• [1:09:53] Uncertainty in retirement
• [1:22:14] How to test anxiety treatments

TODAY’S SMART SPRINT SEGMENT

• [1:25:27] Please fill out our listener survey

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Align Financial

The Fog of War

Trillion Dollar Bet

BOOK - Horse by Geraldine Brooks

BOOK - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

BOOK - Life of Pi by Yann Martel

BOOK - Die with Zero by Bill Perkins

BOOK - When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein

BOOK - It’s Not Complicated by Rick Nason

BOOK - The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter

BOOK - The Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter 

BOOK - From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks 

Rock Retirement Club

Roger’s YouTube Channel - Roger That

BOOK - Rock Retirement  by Roger Whitney

Roger’s Retirement Learning Center