Dan Miller: How To Find Motives You Never Want To Retire From

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Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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I continue to concern myself with the concept of retirement, and the concern isn’t just for those who are older in age. It’s completely relevant for my kids just leaving home and entering into their adult lives. I find so very few people retiring who are leading fulfilling lives. At the end of the day, we just want purpose, the subject of my last episode. People generally retire because they were mainly working for a paycheck and they just want to be done. The motives that provide fulfillment in our later years of retirement age are the same motives that give us a good life today. The following discussion was not a retirement focus so much as just asking how motives help and hurt as our life progresses. What came up was the profound value of having work you you find purpose in. This recording was with my Dad, about three years ago. I had been in Florida for an extended time and I took the opportunity to sit down with my Dad, Dan Miller of 48 Days To The Work You & Life You Love fame, join me. He was 73 and woke every morning excited about what he wanted to accomplish in the next 20 years, while many of his peers were just bored. Passing the time. The stats show people who retire decline in health and well being due to a lack of purpose. Which again makes this an episode relevant for anyone of any age to listen to. My Dad’s 20 year plan was cut short by a cancer diagnosis that saw him leave this earth just seven months ago. But what a gift that he was working at what he cared about, to the very end. Got a comment or question about an episode? Want to ask a question about your drive? Email me. I don’t want to just talk to you here, I want to talk with you. [email protected]. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Sign up for AromaTru's Insider Club and today you'll receive a FREE Waterless Oil Diffuser and a FREE lemon eucalyptus oil - that's over $200 in savings. Head to aromatruorganics.com/kevin to take advantage of this exclusive offer. Kajabi is offering a free 30-day trial to start your business if you go to Kajabi.com/kevin Get 20% off any AquaTru purifier today! Visit AquaTru.com and enter code "KEVIN" at checkout. Go to Quince.com/drives for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Go to cozyearth.com/driven and use code DRIVEN for an exclusive 40% discount Join thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply in minutes at meetfabric.com/WHATDRIVESYOU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the What Drives You Podcast. I'm Kevin Miller. I produce this show to help us all, continually
0:07.0	discover where we want to go, why, and how to best get there. All the while enjoying the
0:12.3	daily drive as much as the destinations we want to reach.
0:17.1	In this episode, how to find motives you never want to retire from. So I continue to concern myself with the concept of retirement.
0:27.1	And the concern isn't just for those who are older in age. I'm not of the age to look at retirement and I don't care to ever consider retirement.
0:36.4	But the message here it's completely relevant for my kids who are just leaving home and
0:41.1	entering into their adult lives.
0:43.0	And I find so very few people retiring who are leading fulfilling lives at that point.
0:49.0	At the end of today, we all want purpose, which is the subject of my last episode.
0:54.5	People generally retire because they were mainly working for a paycheck and they just want to be
0:58.3	done.
0:59.3	The motives that provide fulfillment later in life, retirement age,
1:05.0	those are the same motives that give us a good life right here in today.
1:09.0	So the following discussion was not a retirement focus so much as just asking how motives help and hurt us
1:16.4	throughout our life culminating at the end. So what came up was a profound
1:22.3	value of having work that you find purpose
1:26.8	and a life that you feel you're contributing something in and you find meaning in.
1:31.6	So this recording was with my dad. It took place about three years ago.
1:35.9	I've never published it here. I had been in Florida for an extended period of time. I took
1:40.4	the opportunity to sit down with my dad.
1:42.6	Whose is Dan Miller of 48 days to the work and life?
1:46.5	You love fame.
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