How Americans Build a Life Abroad: Carl Richards on Risk & Mindset

Carl Richards is a certified financial planner, the New York Times Sketch Guy, and the author of Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple Sketches. He moved from Utah to New Zealand with his family in a matter of weeks. His wife bought plane tickets ten days after hearing about a friend's available house. Ninety days later, they had moved. This episode covers: - How Carl became the New York Times sketch guy (a desperate drawing on a whiteboard) - Why showing up and being consistent matters more - How Carl's wife pulled the rescue cord and moved the family to New Zealand - The detox from US money and work culture that Carl did not see coming - Moving teenagers abroad during a senior year of high school - Why New Zealanders ask about holidays and weekends, not jobs - The French cafe lesson: you think this is about money. It is about food. - The worry list: a blank page. Nothing is helped by worrying. - The cognitive load of a simple grocery store in a new country - Carl's daughter's advice: you thought you were going to have an adventure without it being hard - Why Carl would spend his savings again without thinking twice Carl and host Arielle Tucker, CFP®, EA discuss why most of what we worry about never happens and why moving abroad does not require a perfect plan. **Resources** - Read Carl's latest book Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple Sketches - Subscribe to the Passport to Wealth newsletter: passporttowealth.com/contact - Find a vetted cross-border advisor: passporttowealth.com/directory - Are you a qualified professional serving US expats? Apply to passporttowealth.com/join Mentioned in this episode: www.passporttowealth.com **Passport to Wealth is a proud member of the SwissCast Network** Discover more podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network www.passporttowealth.com www.passporttowealth.com