Why Men Struggle After Retirement (And How To Fix It Today) with Dale Tesmond—Storybuilder
The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome
Crossroads
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The average age of retirement is 64, while the average age of death isn’t till 82. What are you going to do with your 18 years? No matter how old you are, the answer to the question starts today. Most men work to reach retirement without a goal of how to spend it—leaving the majority of them lonely, depressed and without purpose. That’s not Dale Tesmond. A former CEO and corporate storyteller, Dale spent his working years helping brands develop their stories. The lessons he learned then have turned his retirement years into the most fulfilling of his life. Whether you’re just starting your career, or you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, the choices you make today will determine whether you thrive, or flounder, in your retirement years. Time to make some aggressive moves.
Connect with Dale at his podcast, The ReDirect Podcast, here.
Watch the full episode on YouTube here.
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| 0:00.0 | The average age of retirement is 64. 64. |
| 0:04.3 | 64. |
| 0:05.0 | Average age of death is 82. |
| 0:09.6 | You have 18 years. |
| 0:12.3 | There are some daunting statistics out there that would just make you sit up when you start hearing about what real retirement is like for the majority of |
| 0:22.7 | Americans. |
| 0:23.7 | Right. |
| 0:24.2 | The average retiree, this is real statistic. |
| 0:26.6 | Average retiree watches seven hours of TV a day. |
| 0:30.4 | Okay? |
| 0:30.9 | Think about that. |
| 0:31.6 | 50% of the boomers are depressed when they go into the retirement years. |
| 0:37.1 | Most men who retire have 1.5 friends. |
| 0:41.4 | You know, theoretically, you should have seven. And the highest rate of suicides in the U.S. |
| 0:47.7 | is men over 70. It's almost double teen suicides. People and why, you know, why is that? |
| 0:54.1 | That's a powerful statement, and I think it's more for the lack of community and loneliness |
| 0:59.9 | and not having a purpose, not finding out what are the gifts God gave you and how are you |
| 1:06.1 | going to use them? |
| 1:06.9 | Right. |
| 1:07.3 | Go find them, but go do something about it. |
| 1:10.4 | Right. |
| 1:10.9 | Don't sit around and wait for it to come to you. |
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