The Big Idea
Do you have enough money to shelter you for the rest of your and your family's life? Does this question nag at you in the middle of the night, as you continue to approach retirement, or as your kids near college, or as you worry about being able to make it through a sudden illness or family crisis?

"The Number" by Lee Eisenberg helps you find out what your number is, or the amount you need for your nest egg, and how to go about making it. Through practical tips and insights, Eisenberg helps you define what you really want and how to achieve it as you approach later life.


Lee Eisenberg spent seventeen years at Esquire, where he served as editor-in-chief throught the 1980s. He was recruited by Harold Hayes, who was widely regarded as one of the most influential magazine editors of the era. Within six years Eisenberg had assumed oversight of the title.

In 1995, Eisenberg was hired to oversee creative development at TIME magazine.