The Retirement Equation: Decoding the Variables Most Plans Ignore
The Retirement Equation: Decoding the Variables Most Plans Ignore | The Resilient Dispatch THE RESILIENT DISPATCH The Retirement Equation: Decoding the Variables Most Plans Ignore A First Principles Approach to Engineering Financial Freedom February 2026 | Retirement Most retirement plans fail the same way structures fail: not because the blueprint is wrong, but because critical load-bearing variables were invisible to the architect. The typical retirement conversation centers on a single question: "How much do I need?" But that's asking for an answer before understanding the equation. It's like asking "How fast?" without specifying the distance, terrain, or weather conditions. To build a retirement strategy with structural integrity, we need to strip away the conventional wisdom and reconstruct from first principles . The goal isn't just to accumulate wealth—it's to engineer a system resilient eno...