You had the money to retire and the freedom to leave, but you're still stuck at your desk.

You're held back and you're held back because of both psychological and logistical challenges

that are preventing you from actually leaving work.

Whether it's something as practical as getting health insurance or something as psychological

as losing your identity, these are the things that actually hold people back from retiring.

That's why in this video, I'm going to show you how to break those ties. Stop thinking about retirement as this giant leap,

and instead think about it as a very calculated plan. But in order to make that leap, in order

to make that shift, you have to fire your employer. I don't care if you turn in your notice

next week or if it's five years from now,

but in order to make the shift that will actually give you the freedom and the permission to

retire, you need to fire your employer. Now, let me explain what I mean by that. I don't mean go

turn in your notice today. That's actually the easy part. The hard part is you have a very

codependent relationship with your employer.

You have a codependent relationship because you depend upon your employer for your ability to live your life.

And yes, I'm talking about the basic things.

You have a paycheck coming in that needs to be replaced.

You need health insurance.

But I'm also talking about the psychological things.

Who are you without your job?

What's your sense of purpose and identity? How do you build in structure to your life? The thing that holds people back from retiring early or retiring at all isn't just the financial piece. It's this sense of who am I when work is no longer in the picture. So let's first understand how you're tied to your employer in ways that you don't even fully understand. We can then shift to seeing how firing your employer does not mean turning in your notice, but it means breaking free of those ways that you're dependent

upon them. And then finally, number three, whether you stay with your employer for the next 10 years

or just the next 10 weeks, having this freedom to fire your employer changes everything about your life. So how are you actually dependent on your employer? First thing that's going to come to mind, of course, is a paycheck. If you leave your employer today, your paycheck stops. So that's the first thing that we need to think about. This is actually where a financial plan comes into play. How do you ensure that you're not just looking

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