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Your Money: Keeping retirement on track takes focus

Thomas Palka, 52, said he thinks people need to shift into a different frame of mind if they want to one day have enough money to retire. It's not enough to simply put a lid on retail therapy. Or pull out a calculator to run the numbers.

"A lot of people lost their homes and they knew how to use a checkbook," said Palka, a former financial planner in Michigan.  Read more...