Why It's Time to Retire Retirement

love that you know i was watching a podcast with dr david sinclair yesterday on modern wisdom and you know he was talking about lifespan getting to 150 in our in our generation and you know when you when you start to think about some of the advancements we're seeing in in that biology world Really, truly, what does wind down actually mean? Thanks for sharing that.

There seems to be a real disagreement in the research right now.

Futurists are talking about escape velocity within the next decade.

Demographers arguing life expectancy is actually plateauing.

And if either version turns out closer to the truth, what does much longer working life do to how we structure careers and how we define success at work? Because I find that really, really fascinating.

So there's two things in there.

How do we define success at work? And how do we restructure work, if you like, or careers? And I think this is not just about people who are aged over 50, which, as I said, I think is incredibly young.

And I think all generations are wanting this.

You know, we're hearing about Gen Zs, millennials, they're wanting more from work.

they're not getting what they want out of work.

The older generation are feeling like they've been overlooked.

There's huge swathes of people who can't get jobs now over 50.

So I think what we're doing is still living a life that has expired, actually.

We

are trying to shoehorn in the traditional way of work.

into a life now that is very different.

You've got co-parenting going on between parents both bringing up their children.

And I've seen it with my daughters and their friends.

It's a real struggle to try and do some things because you've got some people still trying, expecting the old days to work for them.

They're wanting more.

I think everybody's wanting.

They're now looking at if we're going to work to 70 or 80.

Well, you may want to have a gap here when you're 40, as an example, at 50.

I'm seeing my nephews now.

A couple of years ago, I went to the wedding of one of them.

love that you know i was watching a podcast with dr david sinclair yesterday on modern wisdom and you know he was talking about lifespan getting to 150 in our in our generation and you know when you when you start to think about some of the advancements we're seeing in in that biology world Really, truly, what does wind down actually mean? Thanks for sharing that.

There seems to be a real disagreement in the research right now.

Futurists are talking about escape velocity within the next decade.

Demographers arguing life expectancy is actually plateauing.

And if either version turns out closer to the truth, what does much longer working life do to how we structure careers and how we define success at work? Because I find that really, really fascinating.

So there's two things in there.

How do we define success at work? And how do we restructure work, if you like, or careers? And I think this is not just about people who are aged over 50, which, as I said, I think is incredibly young.

And I think all generations are wanting this.

You know, we're hearing about Gen Zs, millennials, they're wanting more from work.

they're not getting what they want out of work.

The older generation are feeling like they've been overlooked.

There's huge swathes of people who can't get jobs now over 50.

So I think what we're doing is still living a life that has expired, actually.

We

are trying to shoehorn in the traditional way of work.

into a life now that is very different.

You've got co-parenting going on between parents both bringing up their children.

And I've seen it with my daughters and their friends.

It's a real struggle to try and do some things because you've got some people still trying, expecting the old days to work for them.

They're wanting more.

I think everybody's wanting.

They're now looking at if we're going to work to 70 or 80.

Well, you may want to have a gap here when you're 40, as an example, at 50.

I'm seeing my nephews now.

A couple of years ago, I went to the wedding of one of them.