Congratulations to my valued client Chip Munn on his groundbreaking book, “The Retirement Remix: A Modern Solution to an Old School Problem.” With so many Baby Boomers heading towards the biggest wave of retirements in American history, there’s greater urgency to not only plan for retirement in the traditional sense (that is, save for it), but to re-imagine it.

With nearly two decades in the finance business, Chip Munn proposes that the dividing line between working and retirement must be blurred. No longer should we toil like beasts of burden for 40 years and then suddenly be put out to pasture to do nothing.

Work, Retire, Work Some More, Retire, and Repeat….

He found that in the happiest and healthiest countries in the world, workers work less. Compared to the average worker in the United States, they take off an extra 220 hours a year. They focus on having strong social connections and take care of themselves. But the flip side is that they’re willing to work to an older age. They actually work two-and-a-half years longer compared to the American worker, with many taking “mini-retirements” with their time off each year.

Chip Munn proposes that the idea of Old School Retirement is broken and has developed a method to apply these innovative, common-senses practices to help you, the reader, live a happier, healthier life.