#69: Mike Lipkin: How to Find Purpose in Life and Retirement
About this episode
Mike Lipkin discusses finding purpose in life and retirement, addressing mental health and personal growth.
Our guest this episode is Mike Lipkin — motivational speaker, executive coach and founder of Environics/Lipkin, a Toronto-based research and motivation company. Mike has spoken to more than a million people across 43 countries, authored 18 books on leadership and high performance, and has built his career around helping people play at their best. In this episode, Dave and Mike dive into what it takes to build a life of purpose in retirement, starting with the sobering statistics linking retirement and depression and why so many men in particular struggle once they stop working. They cover the habits that keep you energetic and fit as you age, including six daily practices that can extend your life span, the case for mini home workouts and the neuroscience behind why personal growth matters more than ever in your later years. The conversation also gets personal. Mike opens up about his own battle with severe depression and how he rebuilt his life, shares inspiring stories of lifelong learning and choosing impact over comfort, and warns about the atrophy that can set in early in retirement if you don't stay involved. He also reflects on balancing travel and independence in…
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Host: Dave
Guest: Mike Lipkin
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Organizations: Environics/Lipkin
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