What if you built the freedom to walk away, hit your number, and still could not make yourself leave?

Gregg Lunceford watched client after client get handed an early retirement package they were financially ready for and could not bring themselves to sign. Nobody in his industry could explain it, so he earned a PhD studying the modern retirement transition. He is a Certified Financial Planner, the author of Exit From Work, and a Managing Director and Wealth Advisor at Mesirow.

In this episode, Gregg explains why leaving work is the first major career decision most people make without a mentor. He breaks down the three things work pays you on top of the paycheck, the gap between the ought self and the ideal self, how to negotiate a gradual exit instead of walking off a cliff, and why going back to work is discovery rather than failur ...