The factor to raise in your retirement
“Many scientists and techno enthusiasts believe that one day we will develop the capabilities to ‘cure’ death. Our genetics will be modified and optimised. We will develop nanobots that monitor and eradicate anything that could medically threaten us. Biotechnology will enable us to replace and restore our bodies in perpetuity, thus allowing us to live forever.”
That’s from Mark Manson’s latest book, Everything Is F***ed (A Book About Hope).
And no, I’m not sure what a nanobot is, either.
Anyhow, even though I’ve still got 50 pages or so to read of Mr Manson’s book, he goes on to write that, in his opinion, curing death would be a bad thing. As he explains, without the possibility of him or us dying, everything in life would be kind of meaningless with nothing at stake. I agree too.
For instance, if the stakes weren’t life and death for me, I’d be zoned out on my couch watching MasterChef right now, trying to ignore my kids, not banging this retirement tip email out to you.
But I raised my stakes last year. I quit my cushy job in superannuation and started to build my Retirement Coaching Asylum business, hoping to help good folk to survive and thrive when leaping from work to retirement—while I (fingers crossed) get to enjoy the mix of freedom and responsibility I desire 9 to 5. Or flounder trying.
But what about you?
Will you raise the stakes in your retirement? Because unless you’re about to invent a nanobot, the clock is ticking, and your life and my life is ending one day at a time.
Raise your stakes here: