I want to blow your mind with this article. But if I can just inspire you to commit to building a fat nest egg for retirement -- while believing you can actually do it -- that will be just fine, too.

I've been investing in stocks for almost 30 years now, and I've made plenty of mistakes. Costly ones. But despite that, I'm not super worried about retirement, because I've amassed a considerable sum. Yes, I needed to invest new sums regularly, and yes, I needed to invest effectively (i.e., in stocks, not savings bonds or savings accounts), but another critical thing I needed was to simply stay the course.

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