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and live the life the way you want to live it, whether that means working or not working. We have friends who are just totally enjoying their retirement. They have the financial means to do what they want and they travel or they play golf or pickleball or do volunteer work, whatever they want to do. And I think that the traditional retirement

and live the life the way you want to live it, whether that means working or not working. We have friends who are just totally enjoying their retirement. They have the financial means to do what they want and they travel or they play golf or pickleball or do volunteer work, whatever they want to do. And I think that the traditional retirement

definition of retirement of reaching age 65 and then you quit your the job that you've had for 30 or 40 years and then you're hanging up and go home and sit on the couch that's gone I don't see that happening I think that people can reinvent themselves and develop new ways to keep themselves occupied and follow a passion and maybe that passion will be generating some income or maybe it won't but you do have to have some financial wherewithal to be able to live the life that you want

definition of retirement of reaching age 65 and then you quit your the job that you've had for 30 or 40 years and then you're hanging up and go home and sit on the couch that's gone I don't see that happening I think that people can reinvent themselves and develop new ways to keep themselves occupied and follow a passion and maybe that passion will be generating some income or maybe it won't but you do have to have some financial wherewithal to be able to live the life that you want

I think that's important. I think that people nowadays have an opportunity to create so many more opportunities for themselves. And there are really no limits. You mentioned AI earlier and with the digital age, there are just so many things that people could do, so many opportunities. If you look around and see what...

I think that's important. I think that people nowadays have an opportunity to create so many more opportunities for themselves. And there are really no limits. You mentioned AI earlier and with the digital age, there are just so many things that people could do, so many opportunities. If you look around and see what...

Where people need to be served and you can provide that service, why not do that? And be creative, be bold, be confident, and don't let your age or your situation stop you. And I just believe that people need to go for it. That would be my final word.

Where people need to be served and you can provide that service, why not do that? And be creative, be bold, be confident, and don't let your age or your situation stop you. And I just believe that people need to go for it. That would be my final word.

Thanks, Vince. And I love the distinction of the time difference.

Thanks, Vince. And I love the distinction of the time difference.

Okay, Vince. In a capsule, 40 years plus, I've been an entrepreneur. And before that, I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. So I think it ran in my blood. So in my mid-20s, I opened my first business and went on to have a serial entrepreneur, if you will. I had many different businesses. And the primary business was one that I ran with my husband. And we ran the business for 25 years.

Okay, Vince. In a capsule, 40 years plus, I've been an entrepreneur. And before that, I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. So I think it ran in my blood. So in my mid-20s, I opened my first business and went on to have a serial entrepreneur, if you will. I had many different businesses. And the primary business was one that I ran with my husband. And we ran the business for 25 years.

It was a business that operated charter air service between Alaska and Hawaii with wide-body jets. And after 25 years, we were able to exit the business by selling it to Alaska Airlines. In other career pivots since then, we have owned small cruise ships. We have invested in multifamily real estate syndications, and we are still doing that. So a varied career for, as I say, over 40 years.

It was a business that operated charter air service between Alaska and Hawaii with wide-body jets. And after 25 years, we were able to exit the business by selling it to Alaska Airlines. In other career pivots since then, we have owned small cruise ships. We have invested in multifamily real estate syndications, and we are still doing that. So a varied career for, as I say, over 40 years.

And that brings me to today where I have yet another business that I've started where I'm teaching entrepreneurs business. how to accomplish what I have and that you can run your business and have the life that you want at the same time.

And that brings me to today where I have yet another business that I've started where I'm teaching entrepreneurs business. how to accomplish what I have and that you can run your business and have the life that you want at the same time.

To start with, I was raised in a tourism family, so that was my initial business was related to tourism, and I was helping businesses with their marketing and advertising, businesses that were involved in tourism in Alaska. I wasn't born in Alaska. I was born in Seattle, but I moved to Alaska in my 20s, and that's where I decided I to launch out onto my own because I saw an opportunity.

To start with, I was raised in a tourism family, so that was my initial business was related to tourism, and I was helping businesses with their marketing and advertising, businesses that were involved in tourism in Alaska. I wasn't born in Alaska. I was born in Seattle, but I moved to Alaska in my 20s, and that's where I decided I to launch out onto my own because I saw an opportunity.

And I think that's the main criteria is that there was an opportunity because there were many small tourism businesses that didn't know how to get their product out to market. And I had the experience doing that in the work that I had already done in tourism. So I thought, hey, I can offer them this service and I can provide them with what they need to get their product to market.

And I think that's the main criteria is that there was an opportunity because there were many small tourism businesses that didn't know how to get their product out to market. And I had the experience doing that in the work that I had already done in tourism. So I thought, hey, I can offer them this service and I can provide them with what they need to get their product to market.