285: The Path to a Purposeful 'Unretirement' with Richard Eisenberg
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today I'm talking to Richard Eisenberg. Richard started his career as a finance writer at Money back in 1978 and has been writing about personal finance, money, and retirement for decades.
He recently left his post as the Senior Web Editor of the Money & Security and Work & Purpose channels for Next Avenue. However, in what he calls his "unretirement," he's started writing a new column for MarketWatch, contributed to Next Avenue, and become the co-host of the Friends Talk Money podcast.
While some finance writers want to help rich people get richer, Richard has focused his career on helping others manage their money better and make smarter financial decisions. In a world where there's so much more information, financial products, and opinions than ever before, Richard has a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record at sifting through the data to provide sound and relatable financial advice.
In this conversation, Richard and I discuss how to make sense of the tremendous amount of financial information and articles available today, the 5 keys to a successful semi-retired or unretired lifestyle, and how to discover new meaning and purpose in the next stage of your life.
In this podcast interview, you'll learn:
- How finance–and finance education–has changed over the course of Richard's 40+ year career.
- How to identify whether you can trust the author of a piece of financial writing and what to look out for.
- The difference between a midlife crisis and a midlife financial crisis.
- How Richard defines unretirement.
- Why Richard decided to "unretire" and what fellow "unretirees" should be looking out for in their own lives.
- The 5 keys to a successful 'unretirement.'
- How Richard defines purpose–and why he believes that everyone who can should unretire.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Retire with Purpose podcast, a show specifically designed to help free retirees and retirees maximize their financial confidence. |
| 0:14.4 | Casey Wheat is a certified financial planner and president of Howard Bailey Financial. |
| 0:18.4 | His newest book, Job Optional, is a Wall Street Journal bestseller |
| 0:22.1 | and is available now on Amazon and at Retirewithpurpose.com. He's your host on Retire with Purpose. |
| 0:29.0 | Hey, I'm Casey, and I believe in retirement strategies that are driven by meaning and purpose. Join me |
| 0:36.5 | this week and every week as we discuss thoughts and ideas |
| 0:40.3 | with some of today's foremost experts in the field of finance and retirement, as well as |
| 0:45.8 | discussing trending topics that could impact your bottom line. These discussions can help you |
| 0:51.5 | make better financial decisions so you can live the lifestyle you've always imagined and deserved. |
| 0:57.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:02.2 | Today, I'm with Richard Eisenberg. |
| 1:05.4 | Richard started his career as a finance writer at Money back in 1978 and has been writing about personal finance, |
| 1:12.9 | money, and retirement for literally decades. He recently left his post as a senior web editor |
| 1:18.4 | of the money and security, also the work and purpose channels for Next Avenue. However, |
| 1:23.7 | in what he calls his unretirement, he's starting writing a column for MarketWatch |
| 1:29.4 | and also started as the co-host of the Friends Talk Money podcast. |
| 1:34.1 | So this is his job optional lifestyle. |
| 1:36.5 | While some finance writers want to help people get rich and continue to get richer, |
| 1:43.1 | Richard has focused his career on helping others manage |
| 1:45.9 | their money better and make smarter, common sense, financial decisions for the common man. |
| 1:51.3 | In a world where there's so much more information, financial products, and opinions than ever |
| 1:55.8 | before, Richard has a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record at sifting through the data, |
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