{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Number","title":"Episode 154 - Revisioning Retirement: Identity, Meaning, and the Art of Becoming","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8c4fc4e9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2298,"description":"Wendy talks with Dr. Susan Reid, revisioning specialist, author, and keynote speaker, about designing life after work. They explore identity beyond titles, why meaning matters in retirement, and how a simple “being vision” guides the next chapter. Susan shares research, lived lessons from building and selling businesses, and practical tools like journaling push/pull factors and building a “retirement team” of strong and weak ties.Show Notes (light timestamps)0:00 — Intro and Susan’s path: scientist → MBA → PhD → entrepreneur3:30 — The Bob Proctor yo-yo story and discovering vision7:55 — Creating a category: ice cider, then maple whisky12:10 — Why a seven-word vision moves people faster than a long plan13:40 — “Life after work” and early-retirement trends17:20 — Hard stop vs glide path and the anxiety dip21:30 — Prep to vision: quiet, journaling, push/pull factors24:30 — Open via nature, people, and the “universe”26:20 — Your Retirement Team: strong ties and weak ties33:00 — Values → being vision (stop obsessing about how)38:36 — The art of becoming + how to reach SusanKey TakeawaysTreat retirement as revisioning: move from freedom from to freedom to.Start with values and a being vision, then let the how emerge.Build a Retirement Team for support and fresh ideas.Keep the vision simple enough to remember.Prototype the next chapter before you leap.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/D12ba7JW-PGdd44Wu708yaH4zadpc44rOFn3Sk95kkU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOThh/NWY5NjRiNTlkZjEw/YjRlZjRjNmQ1ZTI1/ODI5Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}