50 yo MUST READ: How to transition to the 2nd half of your life to realize lasting fulfillment & joy

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@Mitzi73 Ай бұрын

If I can figure out my healthcare, I will jump in 9 years when I turn 61. Also I am doing my bucket list while I am working, not saving it when I retire. Tomorrow isn’t promised.

@joeysocks5718 Ай бұрын

I retire in 5 months and I have a Fu

@kimfayj53 Ай бұрын

I like that name for it better! LOL

@MidlifeCrisisManagement Ай бұрын

I'm 50 and read the book six months ago, Joe. thanks for sharing your perspectives on the principles. my mother worked for Raymond Cattell's company in the early '90s. the knowledge down in that rabbit hole goes on forever.

@LittleCabin Ай бұрын

At 58, I am about a year and a half into my first supervisory engineering role, and it has been a bit of a challenge -- mainly just getting to the point where I can recognize my contributions as the supervisor versus the "doer." I am blessed, though, to have super smart younger engineers working on my team, and get my enjoyment from watching them excel at their respective jobs. I think mentoring and teaching are actually my main strengths (I taught at a university for 17 years before transitioning back to the "real world"), so now I'm trying to embrace that role again in my last few years before retirement. Good morning from Dayton, OH!

@jimcarleton 22 күн бұрын

I too am from the Dayton area!!

@johnkarapita437 29 күн бұрын

RE: Reverse Bucket List. When you mentioned that concept, I was thinking it was going to be a list of things that we are currently doing that we should stop doing, a la Marie Kondo's concept of things that do not bring us joy or things that we do or ways of thinking that no longer bring us joy if they ever did, and we should get rid of. It's not so much revising one's actual bucket list (which is also not a bad idea either as things do change and one should not be tied to something that our younger selves thought was important !) but it's thinking about honestly reviewing and evaluating our lives and dropping things or even people, I suppose, when it's right to do so.

@michaelalberts4699 Ай бұрын

Keep Scotland on your bucket list - we had a blast vacationing there two years ago. Great sites and even better people.

@dominic8218 Ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@benvirgil1573 Ай бұрын

I just read this book and also recommend it. One key point I am dwelling on is: Satisfaction = what you have / (divided by) what you want; so if we can decrease what we want, or focus less on ourselves (more focus on helping others), our happiness will increase.

@joekuhnlovesretirement Ай бұрын

Great point! Keep dwelling on it!

@smallmj2886 Ай бұрын

I had never heard about the fluid/crystalized intelligence theory until a few days ago, and now this is the second video I've seen that talked about it. The other was Rick Beato talking about why many musicians did their best work before turning 30.

@chiparooo Ай бұрын

Very interesting! I just heard the terms fluid and crystallized intelligence yesterday from Rick Beato here on KZbin as it relates to music. Definitely important to recognize and capitalize on these phases. Thanks for sharing!

@nsmith2908 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. I was kind of forced from curve 1 to curve 2 in my late 40s. For 20+ years I was a software developer working on very complex real-time embedded systems. In my mid 40 I painfully realized I could not keep up with the generally younger developers. Fortunately around that time an new opening came up on that same team for a lead role which I took. This role has to do with organization, planning, mentoring, guiding, communication, helping team members work together and with other teams successfully. I am actually doing much better now then before. One thing that has always bothered me up until this video is a sense of failure/embarrassment because of not being able to keep up with the younger engineers in terms of quickly understanding and getting work done. Now that I understand what just happened I think those thoughts of failure will gradually disappear. While I am typing.... I just want to thank you for sharing your journey. I think I should be able to retire somewhere around 60-62 where i never thought that was going to be possible before.

@turbocfn39 Ай бұрын

49 and facing this now. Reading the 20 something’s are faster. I am just wiser 😄

@seannacarter9189 Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, this video made so much sense for me. Thank you for sharing. We are hoping to retire in 14 months at 54 years old. We are focusing on what we are retiring to. I keep noticing that things that brought me purpose and joy in the past are not as fulfilling and weird things like creating cheat sheets bring me unusual amounts of joy. Now I understand why, I am moving from fluid to crystallized intelligence. Now I can begin to understand why and what to expect. I will be listening to the book this weekend. I have found so much success within fluid intelligence, I hope to learn techniques that will make the transition as smooth and enjoyable as possible. On a side note, I would love to here a review from you on the book How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free by Ernie J. Zelinski. I particularly like the exercise of the “Get a Life Tree”. It maps well with the Strengths to Strengths book topics (but in a different perspective).

@henram36 Ай бұрын

I like the idea of a "reverse bucket list". I've done nearly everything there is to do in this life (some I didn't even really want to do--summit a mountain) and have felt like "well, what now?". The re-evaluation of the bucket list, adapting to who you are now, vs who you were then, is a great idea! I may not really want to skydive or bungie-jump in my 60's (I don't) but I may want to pass on my knowledge to others or donate my time to help those who really need it.

@skepticalmechanic Ай бұрын

That’s incredible while I was listening to your video and riding my bike I jumped a curb the split second you said, jumping curbs unbelievable

@jwheeler7890 Ай бұрын

Sorry, Joe said "curves", not "curbs"... you might want to turn the volume up!

@eagleschic4926 Ай бұрын

Thank you. I didn’t know about Libby.

@Aculus1 Ай бұрын

Joe you keep sharing gold nuggets. Thanks so much. Shift from accomplishing things based on intel to fulfillment based on wisdom. Very very thought provoking. Also didn't know about Libby.

@lovethomassowell Ай бұрын

Great topic and thoughts Joe! Thank you!

@EJJ-EvArms Ай бұрын

Interesting..... I've often merely put it in terms of, "As I've matured, the need to prove myself to others has diminished. I don't need that anymore to be fulfilled." It's kind of freeing. But I see now it's just another way of thinking about what you just put forth. Good stuff, explains well how I've jumped the shark, er, I mean curve. ;-)

@7SideWays Ай бұрын

Thank you for the great book rec. Will check it out audio, e or physical free from the library!

@markbanach9845 Ай бұрын

Joe - I hope you make it to Scotland. Its my favorite place I've visited. It's beautiful!

@g.belanger8302 Ай бұрын

Travelling is not in the accomplishment bucket for me, it’s about learning, discovering, stimulation of the mind and body. It’s not just a checklist to complete like so many people that take a selfie in front of a famous attraction as proof and move on quickly to the next “accomplishment”.

@davidanthony1314 Ай бұрын

Joe as a long time viewer from Galway, Ireland, it was great to hear you might be in my neck of the woods at some point. I would love to buy you and your missus a pint if you ever make it to Galway.

@joekuhnlovesretirement Ай бұрын

😁

@CG92965 Ай бұрын

Strength to Strength on my list since I heard it mentioned by Azul. Now that I've seen your endorsement as well I will definitley bump it up on my to do list. Spearking of which - Joe you mentioned that you'd be telling us how to get that review of our Boldin plan (I believe by Nov 2). Are you still planning to tell us how that works? Is there a link we can use to sign up? Thanks so much!

@joekuhnlovesretirement Ай бұрын

They pushed to the 8th of Nov.

@KMa482 Ай бұрын

Good video. I'm surprised how little it bothers me that you often look at your notes.

@hwardick Ай бұрын

I liked the STS book, but truthfully it is really only applicable to the Type A people who define their identity primarily by their job. For people who are not defined by their work, perhaps those that already take more pleasure from relationships, hobbies or spirituality, this book may be interesting but not so useful.