Mark Bergman

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• If they ask what I do, and I say I am retired, the next question is always, “what did you do” ? When I reply doctor, I am often told “you are still” or “you are always” a doctor” It makes me uncomfortable 🤷‍♂️. I’m in the camp of not feeling that I lost anything when I retired.

  Post: Happy Hour, or The Panic Button? Why Early Retirement Anxiety Is Real.

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• Serious question, because this has come up, and I don’t know what to answer: if I am asked what do I do, do I say I AM a doctor, or I WAS a doctor? Retired x 5 years btw.

  Post: Happy Hour, or The Panic Button? Why Early Retirement Anxiety Is Real.

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• I retired from Oncology at age 58. In my last few years of practice I noticed that more and more patients I was seeing were younger than me. Bill Berstein’s famous line, “when you’ve won the game, stop playing”, as it pertains to investing, seems to be equally apt when considering when to retire. I can “sort of” understand those who work well past traditional retirement age, on the other hand, no one on their deathbed proclaimed that they wished they had spent more time at the office.

  Post: You worked a lifetime, you achieved your goals, you have it all-the next day it hardly matters

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• That’s because studies have shown that we “feel” losses twice as much as we “feel” gains.

  Post: Is the current stock market anything to be concerned about?

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• I mentioned this perhaps 6 months ago: of those that break a hip, 50% will be dead in 2 years. I ALWAYS hold the handrail !

  Post: Retirement Conversations with my Joints

  Link to comment from November 15, 2025

• 'Getting old ain't for sissies.' - Bette Davis ; as I sit here with my arm in a cast from surgery 2 days ago for pickleball elbow !

  Post: Retirement Conversations with my Joints

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• Exactly ! Please do the calculation comparing age 62 vs 70.

  Post: THE REAL RETURN ON DELAYING SOCIAL SECURITY

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• William, can you please do the same calculations drawing at age 62 vs 70 ? Thanks

  Post: THE REAL RETURN ON DELAYING SOCIAL SECURITY

  Link to comment from November 12, 2025

• Do you live in North America, or elsewhere ? If the former, then I’m speechless. If the latter, then understandable. The NHL was originally comprised of six teams - Montreal 1917, Toronto 1917, Boston 1924, and then New York, Chicago, and Detroit in 1926. These teams are known as The Original Six, which remained until expansion in 1967. The NHL has ALWAYS had teams based in Canada and the US. Note: this is not 100% accurate as a number of early franchises on both sides of the border folded in those early years due to the Depression or other financial reasons.

  Post: Closing pitcher for the Guardians? Not Homo Economicus.

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• Randy, I hope you were joking. Hockey is Canada’s national sport, replied this somewhat bewildered Canadian !

  Post: Closing pitcher for the Guardians? Not Homo Economicus.

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