Have you ever witnessed the career or life of a friend, colleague, or stranger and wondered if you should be “trying harder”, or “doing more” in life?  Recently, I was thinking about some of my friends.  The ones from undergrad, spent years in their government jobs and have climbed to the highest levels, from being trade commissioners, to ambassadors.  The friends from MBA have stayed in banking and have become VPs, hedge fund managers, and climbed pretty high on the investment banking industry.  Finally, my friends from law school have stayed at their jobs and become partners at fairly significant law firms. Although I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot, it made me wonder, whether I should have just stayed in one industry, and one job.  The more I thought about it though, the more I know it correctly.  Too often things like titles, look pretty on paper, but we overlook the years of stress, hard work, and unhappiness that goes into these job titles, which at the end of the day, don’t mean a hell of a lot because they can be taken away from you.

Titles are nice, but what about your life?  How many adventures have you been on?  Are you waiting to retire to finally pursue your dream business or dream trip?  Well here’s some news for you: you may never retire. Pensions aren’t what they were. Also, as you get older, you may not be able to do all of those exciting things that you can do when you’re younger. Instead of waiting until the end of your life to start living, in today’s podcast, we’ll talk about living life in reverse – retire along the way, and fulfill your bucket list items today.  You never know, tomorrow may never come.

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