It's time to rethink, renew and reimagine retirement! Retire Repurposed is dedicated to help people transition into fulfilling and purposeful retirements. Retirement is a big life-change! In fact, the two most dangerous years of a person's life are the year they were born and the year they retire. We believe retirement is not the end; rather, the beginning of what could be the most impactful season of a person's life. So, don't retire; become Repurposed.
Ben Taatjes, Financial Advisor
Stewards Planning Group | 1104 19th Ave SW Willmar, MN 56201
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On this episode, we wrap-up our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit of serving. Someone with a servant-heart sees others as opportunities to serve and looks for ways to meet their needs. In this podcast, we explain the reasons serving is so important for your life and we give specific examples of where to serve in retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we continue our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit of growing. John Maxwell has said many times, "If you're not growing, you're dying." Furthermore, growing is a key component to living Repurposed. In this podcast, we cover six specific ways for you to continue to grow beyond your working years and through retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we continue our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit of laughter. Not only is laughter good for the soul, it's good for the body. Unfortunately, retirees often struggle with finding and experiencing joy later in life. In this podcast, we take a look at a study that lays out all the short- and long-term benefits of laughter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we continue our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit of having social connections. Human beings were created to be around others, so engineering others into our schedules is key. In this podcast, Ben explains five specifics layers of social connections that change drastically once retired and he gives you ways to make sure these connections grow with time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we continue our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit of adding value. Adding value to someone else's life daily is a key component to living a Repurposed retirement. In this podcast, Ben explains how the first step in adding value is having a deep understanding of yourself and he shares practical ways to engineer adding value into your schedule. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we continue our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit setting a long-term schedule. Even as a retiree, your weekly and yearly rhythms should mimic God's design. In this podcast, Ben will explain the important and routine events needed to be on the schedule of a retiree every week, every quarter and every year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, former mob boss, Michael Franzese joins us on the show. Michael Franzese grew up as the son of the notorious underboss of New York's violent and feared Colombo crime family. At his most affluent, Franzese was generating an estimated five to eight million dollars per week from legal and illegal businesses. in 1986, Vanity Fair magazine named him one of the biggest money earners the mob had seen since Al Capone. At the age of 35, Fortune Magazine listed Michael Franzese as number 18 on its list of the "fifty most wealthy and powerful mafia bosses" just five places behind John Gotti. Today, this former "prince of the mafia" is a man on a mission determined to use the compelling experiences of his former life for the benefit of others seeking forgiveness and the redemptive power of God. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we bring you a special new year edition of Retire Repurposed for 2023. The last year has brought lots of ups and downs for retirees. So, we wanted to take a look back at the high-points. In this podcast, I surprise Ben with the three most popular episodes of 2022 and we talk how retirement can be a new beginning for retirees in 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we take a quick break from our mini-series on healthy retirement habits to bring you a special Christmas episode. Christmas is a time deeply rooted in traditions. However, are there ways to stay true to those traditions while honoring and celebrating the birth of Jesus? In this podcast, Ben encourages retirees to be set-apart and start new traditions to make the most memories possible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode, we continue our series on retirement habits. Healthy habits are important at any time in your life, but especially in retirement. Time is one of your greatest assets if you are a retiree, but if you have bad habits that time will work against you. Today, we cover the habit setting a daily schedule. Setting a daily schedule is the best way to prevent each day from looking same and losing track of time. In this podcast, Ben explains the best time to create your daily schedule and he gives five things each day should include in the life of a retiree. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ben has been in the financial services industry for nearly two decades. He has worked alongside thousands of families and individuals while owning and operating Taatjes Financial Group, a retirement planning firm in west-central Minnesota. While Ben loves to work with retirees, his passion extends far beyond the numbers. This passion led to the publishing of his first book, Repurposed: The Untold Story of Retirement in America in 2017 as well as co-founding Retire Repurposed in 2019.
