Tim Maurer: Personal Finance Is More Personal Than It Is Finance

<p><p>Our guest on the podcast today is financial advisor and author Tim Maurer, the director of advisor development for Buckingham Wealth Partners. He coauthored <em>The Ultimate Financial Plan: Balancing Your Money and Your Life</em> with Jim Stovall, and he also wrote <em>Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance</em>. He's a member of the CNBC Financial Advisor Council and is also a regular contributor to CNBC, <em>Forbes</em>, and <em>Time/Money</em>. Maurer is a certified financial planner and a graduate of Towson University. </p></p><p><p><strong>Tim Maurer's Background</strong><br /></p><p><a href="https://buckinghamadvisor.com/people/tim-maurer-cfp/" target="_blank">Bio</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Financial-Plan-Balancing-Money/dp/1118073533/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tim+maurer&qid=1604336030&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><em>The Ultimate Financial Plan: Balancing Your Money and Your Life</em></a><em></em></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Money-No-Nonsense-Personal-Finance/dp/0801018862/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tim+maurer+a+no+nonsense+guide&qid=1604338212&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><em>Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance</em></a></p></p><p><p><strong>Financial Life Planning</strong><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/what-is-financial-life-planning.html/" target="_blank">What Is Financial Life Planning</a>?" by Sheiresa Ngo, CheatSheet, May 31, 2015.</p></p><p><p>"<a href="https://www.investmentnews.com/beyond-finances-holistic-life-planning-trends-among-advisors" target="_blank">Beyond Finances: Holistic Life Planning Trends Among Advisors</a>," InvestmentNews, Jan. 23, 2020.</p></p><p><p>"<a href="https://timmaurer.com/2020/03/20/how-should-retirees-deal-with-crazy-markets-when-they-dont-have-time-to-stay-the-course/" target="_blank">How Should Retirees Deal With Crazy Markets When They Don't Have Time to Stay the Course?</a>" by Tim Maurer, timmaurer.com, March 20, 2020.</p></p><p><