How four women turned $4500 into $300 000 the easy ;way

Four women, ranging in age from 25 to 55, discovered they can look forward to a reasonable standard of living in retirement simply by turning up for work each day, and doing a little bit of retirement planning. Let me introduce you to the four women:

• Chrissy, age 25, currently has no super (case study 1 on p. 100)

• Julie, age 35, has $15 000 in super (case study 2 on p. 103)

• Sahn, age 45, has $35 000 in super (case study 3 on p. 106)

• Lily, age 55, has $70 000 in super (case study 4 on p. 109).

The four case studies consider four key points for each of the women:

• how much super they have today (step 4 of my Six-Step Wealth Check)

• how much super they will have when they retire if they keep doing what they are currently doing (step 5 of my Six-Step Wealth Check)