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STEP
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An Inter-Office Memo
About Retirement Advice |
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The day after
the Pension Fund Meeting, the Managing Director, Hector Grant, had a
memo typed with his personal
advice about retirement,
and copies
were
sent round to all the
departments in the company.
This is the memo he sent: |
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FROM:
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THE MANAGING DIRECTOR |
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DATE: |
JULY 20, 2005 |
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SUBJECT:
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SOME ADVICE ABOUT
RETIREMENT |
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TO:
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ALL OFFICE STAFF |
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You’ve probably
dreamed of
the day you could retire. Your dream might consist of cruising your new
car
across the country, taking care of that garden you’ve always wanted or
just playing golf all day. The thought of never having to sit through
another 9-to-5
day at the office again is
exhilarating. |
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It is so easy to lose hope in a future day when your
financial situation will allow you to retire.
More often than not this
attitude is generated from a
hopeless approach to saving money. |
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No
matter how small, any saving
adds up. The key to saving is the continuous effort
to put
any amount
away on
a consistent basis. It is nearly always possible to save at least some
money no matter how little you make and no matter how high your expenses
may seem.
However, you must remember
that
the important thing is to develop the habit of saving. Creating the
habit early will
help
you have some sort of saving system
set up.
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At
Harper & Grant Ltd. we think that
employer-sponsored pensions are
not
an
endangered employee benefit,
but planning and saving is the
best way to make sure
that
retirement will be in your posterity. |
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GLOSSARY:
to dream of: to dream about things or people (soñar con);
exhilarating: stimulating
(estimulante);
more often than not:
usually, generally (por regla general);
hopeless approach to: an idea without any hope
(idea desesperanzada);
to add up: to
sum up in number or quantity (sumar);
to put away: to put aside; to put
something in a place where it cannot be removed
(apartar);
to set up: to arrange
(arreglar). |
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