Chapter X with Michael Kay

For people who've spent decades succeeding at work, life comes with a scoreboard. There are goals to hit, problems to solve, and clear ways to know when you're succeeding. Then comes a stage of life when those...

How long can you keep doing what you're supposed to do before you realize it isn't working anymore? Ted Kopecko built a successful architecture practice, worked 16-hour days, and kept pushing forward until the life he...

One partner's retirement dream may look very different from the other's. Maybe one of you imagines traveling and spending every day together. The other likes the life, friendships, and routines they already have. If you...

What happens when you love your work too much to retire from it? David Fiala has spent more than 35 years helping people better understand themselves. When someone once asked him about retirement, his response was: "How...

You're never too old to learn something new. Ed Friedman didn't grow up around the arts. In fact, he didn't see his first stage play until his late 20s. But as an adult, creativity became a big part of his life. Ed went...

Life has a way of telling us when something needs to change, even when we aren't ready to listen. My guest today, Mark Feinberg, spent years building companies, serving on boards, and chasing success. From the outside...

What did you love before work and responsibility took over? As kids, we followed our curiosity without worrying whether an interest was productive or impressive. Somewhere along the way, many of us leave those parts of...

Retirement isn't just the end of a career. For many executives, it's the first time they've had to redefine who they are without the title they've spent decades earning. So why do so many accomplished leaders struggle...

Creativity isn't limited to artists. It's something we use every time we solve a problem, adapt to change, or explore a new opportunity. Those skills become especially valuable in retirement, when we're free to pursue...

We tend to avoid anything we won't be instantly good at. Richard Sparks has spent forty years proving that instinct is wrong. Richard is a writer who has spent 40 years bouncing between comedy sketches, TV scripts...

We spend decades working toward the exit. But what happens once we actually get there? Today I'm speaking with Jack Calhoun, who sold his wealth management firm in his fifties expecting to finally relax and write...

What can we learn from someone who spent weeks living in retirement communities and interviewing dozens of retirees? That's exactly what today's guest set out to discover. Dr. Andi Simon is a corporate anthropologist...

Jake Fishbein joined his first men's group for research. He was helping write a novel about men's groups and thought he should probably see one from the inside. What he didn't expect was that the experience would change...

Loneliness isn't something we usually associate with successful people. When the career ends, where do purpose, connection, and belonging come from next? My guest today is Carl Nassar. He's an engineer, teacher...

Larry Hagner was nine months old when his father left. For years, he searched for answers about the man he barely knew and the impact that absence had on his life. Today, Larry is the founder of The Dad Edge podcast...