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How to Take Control of Your Career in Turbulent Times

Is it time to switch careers? Or perhaps pursue early retirement and create a second career? Savvy career planning requires you to be thinking two steps ahead in the best of times. However, in times like these, your awareness needs to be sharpened. It’s wise to tune in intently to what’s happening, in and around you, that may affect what’s next for you. Maggie Craddock’s new book Lifeboat: Navigating Unexpected Career Change and Disruption, offers a strategy and valuable guidance on how to take control of your next career move in a dynamic and uncertain world.

In this episode of the Retirement Wisdom podcast, we discuss:

  • What inspired her to write her third book Lifeboat
  • How a Big Ship mindset can take a toll on you
  • How to spot Icebergs that may affect your career planning and direction
  • Why you need to be aware of inner icebergs as well as external ones
  • Her own Lifeboat experience that spurred a career change to more meaningful work
  • How cultivating courage, inner wisdom and emotional agility can help you take control of your life & career
  • Her advice on how to start building a Lifeboat mindset

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Bio

Maggie Craddock is an executive coach who has worked with clients at all levels on the professional spectrum – from people entering the workforce to Fortune 500 CEOs. She has been featured on CNBC, National Public Radio and quoted in national publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.

Maggie is the author of “Lifeboat: Navigating Unexpected Career Change and Disruption”, “Power Genes: Understanding Your Power Persona and How to Wield it at Work”, and “The Authentic Career: Following the Path of Self-Discovery to Professional Fulfillment”.

She has also written several nationally syndicated articles on behavioral dynamics in the workplace, and her work has been discussed in publications ranging from Harvard Business Review to Oprah Magazine. She is a popular keynote speaker at leadership conferences for her corporate clients and industry networking associations.

Before building her executive coaching business, Maggie worked for over a decade on both the buy and the sell sides of the financial services industry. As a Portfolio Manager at Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Maggie managed $3 billion in short-term global assets. She received two Lipper Awards for top mutual fund performance: Best Short-Term Multi-Market Income Fund, ranked #1 by Lipper in a universe of 77 funds, and Best World Income Fund over $1 billion in size, ranked #1 by Lipper in a universe of 7 funds.

She also served as a National Director of Consultant Relations at Sanford C. Bernstein, representing the firm across all asset classes including emerging markets, domestic and international fixed income, and domestic and international equity to major consultants and pension fund clients nationwide.

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Wise Quotes

On the Lifeboat Mindset

“This is about actually tapping into difficult feelings, acknowledging them. If you’re anxious, if you’re envious, if you’re resentful, whatever it is, face it, acknowledge it. And then bring yourself back to the present moment so that you don’t get pulled into a narrative from the past and capsized by the feelings. It’s really about learning to process that emotional energy. And the reason it’s so important to be in touch with what you’re feeling, particularly when the feelings are big, is in situations where you have more questions than answers. You need to notice those red flags because you may need to course-correct. And then finally the Lifeboat process is about what I call this inner alignment of really aligning your thoughts, your feelings, and your intentions in the present moment, and not trying to take these grand actions that assume you have all the answers right now. And you’re just going forward with that. But look for practical, positive opportunities in the moment to do the next right thing, the next row of the oar – and if you do that, you’ll keep moving in the right direction. And eventually, you will align yourself with opportunities. You’ll navigate this period of uncertainty and you’ll be there for positive opportunities when the crisis abates.”

 

On Wisdom

“I think that wisdom… and accepting reality are very kissing cousins on this one, right? Because the more that I progress through the journey of life – and of course I’ve got good days and bad, like everybody else – the more that I realize my wisest moments are when I’m being authentic with myself, particularly around uncomfortable feelings. So if I feel frustrated with the kids or the grandkids now, I’m not necessarily going to hopefully react to that in the moment, but I need to acknowledge what I’m feeling and I need to be okay with it. I’m not the perfect person. Sometimes I’m frustrated, sometimes I’m short-tempered. And if I can acknowledge that within myself with good humor and perspective, the odds of my being able to respond in a way that’s most effective [increase].”

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Read Maggie Craddock’s New Book:

Lifeboat: Navigating Unexpected Career Change and Disruption

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Related Podcast Episodes You May Like

How to Make a Wise Career Switch – Dawn Graham

The Skill Set for Life’s Transitions – Bruce Feiler

Design Your Life and Get Unstuck – Dave Evans

How to Build a Non-Profit Encore Career – Betsy Werley

Why People Make a Career Change with Purpose Top of Mind – Chris Farrell

Take the Detour – A Second Act Career Story – Melissa Davey

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A long retirement is a terrible thing to waste. And a meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident.

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The Keys to Growing Young

Can friendship, optimism, and kindness help you live to 100? Marta Zaraska, author of Growing Young joins The Retirement Wisdom Podcast to explain how the research indicates it can through the mind-body connection.

We discuss with Marta:

  • What inspired her to write Growing Young
  • Where some of us may be overinvesting and underinvesting based on scientific research on longevity
  • How optimism and pessimism may affect longevity
  • Why superfoods, supplements and “quick fixes” aren’t the wise moves to make
  • Her favorite stories from her travels and experiments while researching her book
  • Which things lower and which things raise mortality risk based on the research, including a few that may surprise you
  • Lessons that may be helpful in quarantine
  • What Longevity Habits to create

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Wise Quotes

On Optimism

“There is so much research showing that optimism can add anywhere from four to 10 years of life.  The number 10 years keeps reappearing in studies over and over. For example, Catholic Nuns, which are perfect groups of study because, you know, they all live in basically the same environment, their whole lives, especially those who entered very, very young. And there was a study exactly like that. They eat the same thing. They wake up at the same hour, they live in the same place doing exactly the same things. And there was one famous study that analyzed their diaries and those who are using the most cheerful language, the most optimistic language outlasted those who are using very gloomy, pessimistic words in the writing by exactly about 10 years. And the same was shown, for example, on autobiographies of famous psychologists on even the orangutans in zoos, you know, when they are evaluated by the zookeepers. Those who have the most cheerful, outgoing personalities outlive the more pessimistic, gloomy orangutans by 10 years as well. So it keeps coming back to the 10 years.”

On Longevity Habits

“When I think about diet and exercise, which again, are still important, but it’s very much inward-looking. So it’s very much an ‘all about me’ kind of thing – my body, my diet, my exercise. But when I think about those soft longevity habits, it’s more about looking outwards outside of yourself. I’m thinking about other people. So, when you wake up, just think: What can I do for others today? How can I be nicer? How can I contribute to my neighborhood, to my family? How can I be nice to my partner or to my neighbors or to my friends? –  things like that. Very, very simple, but this is a change of perspective. And I think that this can make a tremendous difference. Of course, there are very practical suggestions in my book as well. For example, do more things in synchrony with others.

On Synchrony

“There is an amazing effect with synchrony actually has an asset. For example, when we do things in sync with others, that boosts of those social hormones that we get out of it is actually double. So for example, when you dance with other people and when you sing with them, it makes you feel connected. And it releases all the social hormones that have beneficial health effects for you, such as endorphins, which are natural painkillers. But when you do it in synchrony, the effects are doubled. So for example, chorus singing or line dancing is kind of my career. So there are very, very practical tips out there as well for people to try.”

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Bio 

Marta Zaraska is a science journalist whose work has been published in The Washington Post, Scientific American, New Scientist, and The Atlantic.

​Her first book, “Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million Year Obsession with Meat” was chosen by the journal Nature as one of “the best science picks” in 2016.

Her new book, “Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100” was published in May 2020 and endorsed by Dan Buetner, (author “Blue Zones”), Emeran Mayer (“Mind-Gut Connection”), Shawn Anchor (“Big Potential”), among others.

It’s a research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will keep us living longer than any fitness tracker or superfood.

Marta’s articles and books have been turned into TV programs in the US, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Bulgaria, Germany and Poland, and reprinted around the globe from Oman and Dubai to Australia and Singapore. She has been interviewed by dozens of radio stations in North America and across Europe.  She has given a TEDx talk at Bocconi University, Milan, and has been featured as an expert in several documentary films.

​She has visited over 80 countries around the world and lived in six of them. She has reported from Rwanda, DR Congo, Nicaragua, India, Togo, Cameroon, and many other places. She lives in a tiny French village with her husband and daughter.

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For More on Marta Zaraska

Buy Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism &  Kindness Can Help You Live to 100 on Amazon

Her website

Our review of her new book

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Podcast Episodes You May Like

Tiny Habits Can Lead to Big Changes – BJ Fogg

The Mind-Body Connection and The Rabbit Effect – Kelli Harding

How Can You Be Better with Age? – Alan Castel

We’re All Ageing. Are You Up for a Bolder Approach? – Carl Honoré

What Can We Learn from Blue Zones? – Richard Eisenberg

How Seniors Are Saving the World With Activism – Thelma Reese

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Retirement Wisdom’s Tiny Habits ®Coaching Program

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About Retirement Wisdom

We help people who are retiring, but not done yet, discover what’s next.

A long retirement is a terrible thing to waste.

And a meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident.

We help you design the life in retirement that’s uniquely right for you.

Retire smarter. Schedule a call today to discuss how we can help you make yours great.

The Ripple Effects of Giving Back

Giving back is admirable. But in the midst of a busy and successful career, it’s can be easy to put off giving back to the community. Donating financially is impactful, especially now, but many people feel a tug that they want to do more. The freedom to retire offers opportunities to do just that. Our guest today, Barbara Greenspan Shaiman, encourages people to think about the impact on future generations. She urges people to get involved and to live your legacy now.

Barbara and I discuss:

  • What inspired her to become involved in social activism
  • Why she created a not-for-profit Champions of Caring
  • What drives her to do what she does
  • What it means to Live One’s Legacy
  • What she sees inspires people to give back in retirement
  • Why people put off living their legacy and what often gets in the way
  • Her advice for someone who wants to Live Their Legacy – Now

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Bio

A noted educator, businesswoman, and social entrepreneur, Barbara Shaiman has used her skills and ability to empower others to create social change. She began her career as a teacher, developing curriculum for at-risk youth, and later directed Eisenbud & Associates, an executive search firm that specialized in recruiting physicians and healthcare executives nationally. As a leader in this field, she presented frequently on human resources issues at conferences.

In 1995, she founded Champions of Caring, a non-profit organization that has empowered more than 10,000 youth in Philadelphia and South Africa to become leaders in service and active, engaged citizens.

The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Barbara’s mother was incarcerated in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and is the sole survivor of a family of 65 people. Her father worked for Oskar Schindler, on whose story Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List was based. This family legacy, coupled with her professional experience and work with Champions of Caring, has motivated Barbara to help others to live their legacies.

For 20 years, Barbara has created programs that have inspired and empowered youth with the skills to create service projects to address local and global issues and create cultures of caring within their schools and communities.

With her strong background in human resources, entrepreneurial spirit, and 30+ years speaking publicly, Barbara created Embrace Your Legacy to share her message and encourage youth and adults of all backgrounds, locally and internationally, to embrace and live their legacies.

Barbara often is called upon to share her message at community events, conferences, and workshops. Her audiences include corporations, financial advisors, universities, educators, faith-based communities, women’s groups, service organizations, trade associations, and professional groups.

Through speeches, workshops, and consulting, she shares her highly effective and replicable 10-step approach to provide participants with the necessary tools to create social change in an informed and creative way.

Barbara earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and education from Hunter College in New York City, and a master’s degree in education from North Adams State College in Massachusetts.

Barbara has served on the boards of numerous community organizations, including the Greater Philadelphia Consortium of Holocaust Educators, The Transition Network, Chemical People Project, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross, and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. She founded the Philadelphia chapter of Life Planning Network and has served as board chair of the Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires and the Memorial Committee of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs for the Greater Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council.

Residing near Philadelphia, Barbara speaks five languages and loves to travel. Her greatest joys are her children and grandchildren.

Wise Quotes

On Living Your Legacy

“Well, to me, it’s about what is your story? Can you create and write your own story of your life? We’re born tabula rasa with a blank slate. And of course, circumstance has happened to us, a lot of positive and negative, but how we deal with that is really the core issue. And truthfully, I started this book as an ethical will for my children and grandchildren. I wanted to share my values with them, and what was important to me in life. And I wanted my voice and my writing to be heard so that when I am gone, they can look at this and say, this is what she was really all about. And my husband was an estate planning lawyer. And he said to me, you know what? I think this is bigger than just the family. Take out the very personal things and leave that as a separate document, but write this book and have people really reflect on their lives and the vision they had for how they were living their lives.”

On How You Show Up

“David Brooks talks about two kinds of values: Resume Values, and Eulogy Values. Resume Values, as we all know, cover I had this job from this time to this time, and this is what I accomplished. These are my skillsets, but let’s look at those Eulogy Values. What are the things that you did to live through your soul, to make social change, to live your values, to share those values with others? So I think legacy living is something we do all the time and it doesn’t have to be huge. It’s did I show up as a mench today? Was I kind? Was I caring? Did I make a difference in someone’s life? So it is what you live and how you live your life with your values in the forefront of your thought process?”

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For More on Barbara Shaiman

Champions of Caring

Embrace Your Legacy Now

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Related Podcast Episodes

The Mind-Body Connection and The Rabbit Effect – Kelli Harding

How Seniors Are Saving the World With Activism – Thelma Reese

Why Building Resilience is Vital in Midlife and Beyond – Jan Zacharjasz

From the NBA Hardwood to the Altar – Steve Javie

Not Exactly Retired – David Jarmul

Retirement Planning Includes Getting Good at Getting Older – Rabbi Laura Geller

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About Retirement Wisdom

We help people who are retiring from their primary career – and aren’t done yet – discover what’s next.

A long retirement is a terrible thing to waste. And a meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident.

Schedule a call today to discuss how we can help you make yours great.

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At some point, you’ll become eligible for Medicare. And you’ll be faced with a number of options. But how do you know which choices are the right ones for you? There are a number of misconceptions about how Medicare works, so it’s important to do your homework.

Today we talk with Dan Petkevich about Medicare 101 and discuss:

  • What makes Medicare complicated
  • What people are most surprised by when they begin to look into Medicare
  • Common mistakes to avoid
  • How far in advance people should begin to look into Medicare
  • Options for people who work for a corporate employer, and will be eligible for Medicare, but have a spouse who’s younger than 65
  • Dan’s advice for listeners who want to get their Medicare options right

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Bio

Dan Petkevich is the CEO of Fair Square Medicare, a company he started when he saw his own parents struggle to understand their health care insurance options when they turned 65. Prior to founding Fair Square Medicare, Dan founded Trim, a financial health company that’s generated over 40 million in cost savings for its customers. Previously, Daniel co-founded Octane Lending, a venture-backed financial technology company. He graduated from Yale with a degree in Physics.

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Wise Quotes

On Why Medicare Can Be Complicated

“I think it’s why the system is the way it is, I would say, is probably this dynamic between public and private partnership. Where you have Medicare Parts A and B, which are provided directly from the government from Medicare – and Medicare is the payer there. And that’ what a consumer needs to figure out when you enroll in Parts A and B what do they cover? And then there are all the supplement plans. So that’s hard for the consumer because they need to choose one out of maybe 37 plans available to them. And when I say supplement, I mean that in the generic terms, meaning  Medigap and Medicare Advantage plans. But I think like there’s complexity from that because all those plans are actually provided by private carriers. And so there’s just like a lot of complexity derived from the interaction between the public part of Medicare, which is Parts A and B and the private part, which is a Medigap or a Medicare Advantage plan.”

On a Common Mistake to Avoid

“Many people will sign up for a plan with a low sticker price. And then it turns out that plan doesn’t cover their Doctors, which is obviously no good – or it’s a PPO. And there’s some Doctor you need to see and he or she is out of network, and now you have to pay an exorbitant price to see him or her.”

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Related Retirement Podcast Episodes You May Like

Are You Ready For The New Retirement? – Stephen Chen

How Can You Be Better with Age? – Alan Castel

Are You Ready to Follow Your Own Path in Retirement? – Bob Lowry

The Mind-Body Connection and The Rabbit Effect – Kelli Harding

How to Build a Non-Profit Encore Career – Betsy Werley

The Joy of Movement – Kelly McGonigal

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Related Blog Posts 

Medicare 101

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About Retirement Wisdom

We help people who are retiring from their primary career – and aren’t done yet – discover what’s next. A long retirement is a terrible thing to waste. And a meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident. Schedule a call today to discuss how we can help you make yours great.

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The New Retirement is Here – and It Keeps Evolving

Planning for retirement is not the type of thing you set and forget. Retirement continues to evolve. And in times like these, you want to make sure that your retirement plan is current and up to speed for a changing landscape. Our guest, Stephen Chen, has his finger on the pulse of retirement today. His company, New Retirement, is an online retirement planning service, with one of the top-rated retirement planning calculators, along with other robust tools and advisory services.

Steve offers his perspective and opinions on:

  • The story of his company: New Retirement
  • How retiring is different today
  • The building blocks of a sound retirement plan
  • The expenses people aren’t adequately accounting for – but should be
  • How the pandemic is changing retirement planning
  • How COVID-19 is affecting the FIRE Movement
  • What people should be aware of if they want to start a business
  • How people who’ve put it off can get started on preparing for their retirement

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Bio

Stephen Chen is the founder and CEO of NewRetirement, an online retirement planning service focused on helping people prepare for and make the most of their resources in retirement.

He focuses on product management and business development at NewRetirement.

His experience spans financial services, education, investing, and retirement planning across firms that include Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, Embark, SEC Ventures, and Dimensional Fund Advisors.

Chen has worked in Fortune 500 firms and has also started venture-backed firms that have raised $40 million in capital. He is an honors graduate from Boston University with a bachelor of science in systems engineering.

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Wise Quotes

On The Importance of Planning

“First, it’s just having a plan. Right. So getting organized and kind of seeing what’s possible. For many folks, healthcare is the number one thing they’re thinking about when they’re looking at the transition to retirement. So, there are three parts. There’s the healthcare you get while you’re working, which people take for granted. Then there’s usually a gap between when you’re working and before Medicare. And then there’s your plan for Medicare, but then there’s thinking about your healthcare. There’s thinking about your income, right? So how do you claim social security? How do you draw your assets tax efficiently? How do you manage risk in your portfolio and in your own situation? So there are different ways that you can hedge risk in your portfolio and there are ways you can use other resources”.

On Purpose in Retirement

“We’re definitely seeing people ask in our community for ideas on how to spend their time, if it’s volunteering or if it’s work or starting companies. Being thoughtful about purpose –  it’s worth it to take some time and think about how you’re going to spend your own time, where you want to see that invested in and what you want to see the result of that time.”

On The Impact of COVID-19 on Retirement Planning

“I think another thing that’s happened is like the people are getting a preview of what retirement could be if they are not too thoughtful about it. It’s like Groundhog day, right? It’s like the same day over and over – What are we doing today? We’re going to go for a hike. What’s for dinner? That’s anybody watched the movie Groundhog day again. Doesn’t look like a lot of fun. Let’s be thoughtful about how we’re going to spend our time.

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For More Information on Stephen Chen 

NewRetirement.com

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Related Podcast Episodes You May Like

How to Make a Wise Career Switch – Dawn Graham

The Skill Set for Life’s Transitions – Bruce Feiler

What’s Your Exit Strategy? – Ashley Micciche

What Are The Keys To A Successful Retirement? Fritz Gilbert

How to Retire Early and Live Your Life Fully – Leif Dahleen

Making Sense of Medicare – Dan Petkevich

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We help people who are retiring from their primary career – and aren’t done yet – discover what’s next.

A long retirement is a terrible thing to waste. And a meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident.

Schedule a call today to discuss how we can help you make yours great.

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The views and opinions expressed by guests on The Retirement Wisdom Podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the host or Retirement Wisdom, LLC. The Retirement Wisdom Podcast covers the non-financial aspects of retirement. From time to time we may invite guests who discuss other aspects of retirement planning, solely for educational purposes. Listeners are advised to consult qualified financial and/or medical professionals on those matters.