Both the ARIA protection and the fixed indexed annuity are equally great solutions! But they are apples and oranges. - Tony Robbins

You’ve probably heard that old rule of thumb (or what Jack Bogle calls a “crude method”): invest your age in bonds. In other words, subtract your age from 100, and that would be the percentage you should keep in stocks.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. — MARK TWAIN

Thus it’s critical that — on a daily basis — we stand guard at the door of our mind, that we know how we are consistently representing things to ourselves. We must daily weed our garden.