Generally speaking, achieving retirement wealth gradually rather than quickly is normal and safer, for several reasons. This podcast (6:32) suggests that progress in investing is slow at first, but that a careful perusal of bar charts show that the farther the bar chart moves to the right, the greater the progress. Even still, there is a way, also gradual, for advisors to help clients accelerate their progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices