Early Retirement Is a Broken Concept

<p>Have you planned your retirement?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Startup Therapy, Ryan Rutan and Wil Schroter discuss why retirement goals should start now, how early testing changes your plans, and what objectives to set immediately.   </p><p><br></p><p>Tune in for more retirement opportunities in your Startup game. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sign up for the Startups Newsletter</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.startups.com/newsletter"><strong>https://www.startups.com/newsletter</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>What To Listen For:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul> <li>[00:01:06] Retirement is this day and age isn't what it used to be.  </li> <li>[00:03:00] This concept of retirement. The work many of us do just doesn't have the same kind of drudgery that it used that retirement is the safety net from pain. </li> <li>[00:05:00] It's about spending some more time doing things that you are already doing. </li> <li>[00:07:56] Our startups should be helping us to get to our goals without necessarily having to sell. </li> <li>[00:09:11] Deferred living: You can work on a startup for decades and not have it sell, and if you didn't design it towards that every day enjoyment.</li> <li>[00:11:00] Retirement should be the things that you want to do. And the question is, how much of it can I do right now? </li> <li>[00:12:50] Ease into it, figure out that one thing you want to do. </li> <li>[00:18:30] It's like popping a bubble. If you just pop the bubble on whatever that dream is and it's still interesting, okay there's something there worth stressing for.   </li> <li>[00:22:05] With retirement, we would have endless choices of what to. But can you spend 16 hours a day with something that isn't a job. </li> <li>[00:25:00] For any major life event transition, you should be testing, you should be preparing yourself.</li> <li>[00:26:20] Retirement should be something that you're constantly chipping away at, by creating more opportunities to spend the time the way you want it.</li> <li>[00:28:00] If we look at