Retirement is a time of new beginnings, but without joy, purpose, and fulfillment, it can feel empty and directionless. Yasmin Nguyen, author, Joy Ambassador, and co-founder of the Retirement Innovation Lab, shares how you, in your professional or personal life, can transform your approach and life satisfaction by activating joy in retirement planning.

Through the Game of Joy, Yasmin introduces “Joy Activators” — experiences that nurture well-being and vitality — and reveals how they help retirees thrive. He also highlights the role of “Joy Blockers” — emotional, psychological, and social barriers that prevent joy — and explains how you can support your clients and yourself in overcoming them.

In addition, whether you're dealing with retirement or not, we'll also focus on how to develop "joy activators, " so you can bring joy into your life during these challenging times.

In this program, you'll discover:

• The 5 Principles of Joyful Living and how they provide a foundation for a meaningful retirement and life.
• “Joy Activators” — practices and experiences that unlock happiness, well-being, and fulfillment.
• "Joy Blockers” and how addressing them helps you move past emotional and psychological obstacles.
• How the Retirement Innovation Lab provides financial advisors and coaches with tools, training, and insights to seamlessly integrate holistic planning into their practice.

Join this insightful conversation to learn how embracing joy as a guiding principle can elevate both retirement planning and life satisfaction.

About Yasmin Nguyen:
Yasmin Nguyen is an author, Joy Ambassador, and the co-founder of the Retirement Innovation Lab. He believes that through the innovative tools, transformational experiences, and aligned partnerships, we can create significant impact.

His journey from the brink of burnout to becoming a beacon of joy is nothing short of remarkable. After hitting rock bottom, he embarked on an 18-month road trip that transformed his outlook on life, teaching him the invaluable lessons of creating joy in the simplest moments. His discoveries became the foundation of his book, The Game of Joy, a guide to cultivating fulfillment amidst life’s storms and transitions.

Witnessing his parents face the challenges of retirement, Yasmin, alongside his mentor Kathleen, dove deep into understanding the unique struggles of the retirement journey. Through heartfelt conversations with hundreds of retirees, they uncovered a widespread need for guidance and support during this transitional phase of life.

Now, Yasmin dedicates his life to inspiring joy, particularly among retirees and financial advisors, empowering them to embrace this new chapter with possibilities and purpose.

Get in touch with Yasmin Nguyen:

Buy Yasmin’s book: https://revolutionizeretirement.com/yasmin

Visit Yasmin’s website: https://retirementinnovationlab.com/

Download Yasmin’s handout: https://retirementinnovationlab.com/revolutionize-retirement/

What to do next:

• Click to grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition
• Please leave a review at Apple Podcasts.
• Join our Revolutionize Your Retirement group on Facebook.

George Kinder's latest book, The Three Domains of Freedom, draws on the work of his lifetime, empowering readers to experience profound freedoms and aspires to change civilization. Drawing on his expertise in mindfulness and financial life planning, he offers a transformative guide to living authentically, discovering one's purpose, and contributing to creating a humane and just society. The book lays the foundation for a new social contract between consumers and institutions.

Kinder says, "It's time we established civilization as a fiduciary culture. I'm pitching a particular fiduciary legislative proposal that takes the essence of ESG and expands to include the planet, humanity, democracy, and the truth, and argues that it should be written into law, not just voluntary."

Kinder aims to bring trustworthiness to every large institution, whether a corporation, government, or nonprofit, by ensuring they prioritize the truth, democracy, the planet, and humanity over their self-interest.

In this episode, you'll discover how to:

• Experience the present moment through simple mindfulness practices and their connection to your freedom.
• Design and deliver a clear vision of a profound and meaningful life using life planning techniques.
• Appreciate and celebrate the gifts of civilization so that you are in a position to address its challenges best.
• Get involved with the FIAT movement to advocate for fiduciary standards across all institutions.

About George Kinder:

Author and international thought leader, George Kinder is known in the financial industry as the Father of Life Planning. George authored three books on money as he revolutionized client-centered financial advice through experiential training courses for thousands of advisors from over 30 countries.

A mindfulness teacher for 35 years, Kinder has led weekly meditation classes and residential retreats around the world. Kinder is a published poet and photographer.

His recent books focus on civilization, understanding civilization as both human evolution and the evolution of environments of freedom. His passion is to foster the very best of humanity.

Get in touch with George Kinder:

Buy George’s book: https://revolutionizeretirement.com/domains

Visit George’s website: https://www.georgekinder.com/

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Subscribe to George’s Substack publication: https://georgekinder.substack.com/

What to do next:

• Click to grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition
• Please leave a review at Apple Podcasts.
• Join our Revolutionize Your Retirement group on Facebook.

Surprisingly, many older adults approaching retirement feel a sense of dread – even when they have sufficient financial security and are reasonably healthy. In a project sponsored by Harvard Business School, Teresa Amabile’s research team spent a decade researching retirement to understand people’s attitudes toward, decisions about, and experiences of retiring.

She and her colleagues, Lotte Bailyn (MIT), Marcy Crary (Bentley University), Douglas T. Hall, and Kathy Kram (both of Boston University), interviewed 120 knowledge workers in successful companies, including some who were still working, some who had retired, and some who were about to enter the retirement transition. The 14 people approaching retirement in the near term became the “Stars” of this research because they agreed to be interviewed multiple times as they finished their careers, officially retired,

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• The “work” of retiring and how to approach the necessary tasks in a way that increases the likelihood of a smooth transition into a satisfying retirement life.
• The major identity challenges people face in retirement, and some creative ways you can meet those challenges.
• The upheavals to personal and professional relationships that can occur during this life transition and how you can maintain and build a mutually supportive relationship network post-retirement.

About Teresa M. Amabile:

Teresa M. Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. Her most recent book, Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You, presents insights from a decade of research on the psychological, social, and life restructuring challenges of retiring. Her colleagues Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall, and Kathy E. Kram collaborated on that work. Before turning her research interests into retirement transition, Teresa devoted over 40 years to researching creativity and innovation. Extending that work, she studied how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their creativity by affecting inner work life - the confluence of motivation, emotions, and perceptions. The findings of that research appear in her coauthored book with Steven Kramer, The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work.

Teresa's work has appeared in over 100 scholarly journal articles and a variety of other outlets, including Harvard Business Review. She has presented her work to audiences in a variety of settings, including Pixar, Genentech, TEDx Atlanta, Apple, Pfizer, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. She consults with companies and nonprofits, and has served on several boards. She has received a variety of awards, including the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior Division, and election to the 2024 Thinkers50 Hall of Fame.

Get in touch with Teresa Amabile:

Buy Teresa’s book: https://revolutionizeretirement.com/amabilebook

Connect with Teresa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-amabile-8542727/

What to do next:

• Click to grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition
• Please leave a review at Apple Podcasts.
• Join our Revolutionize Your Retirement group on Facebook.