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 → entrepreneur
3:30 — The Bob Proctor yo-yo story and discovering vision
7:55 — Creating a category: ice cider, then maple whisky
12:10 — Why a seven-word vision moves people faster than a long plan
13:40 — “Life after work” and early-retirement trends
17:20 — Hard stop vs glide path and the anxiety dip
21:30 — Prep to vision: quiet, journaling, push/pull factors
24:30 — Open via nature, people, and the “universe”
26:20 — Your Retirement Team: strong ties and weak ties
33:00 — Values → being vision (stop obsessing about how)
38:36 — The art of becoming + how to reach Susan

Key Takeaways

Treat 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.