“Running a 500-person firm means there’s always more work to do. I appreciate the mindset work I did with my Half-Retire Coach to help me find a way through the maze. I’m enjoying a renewed sense of work-life balance.”

“My family is the most important thing in my life, but I felt like I was saying ‘no’ to them too often, so I decided to Half-Retire. I’m just getting started, but I’m loving Friday movies. My son and I have lunch every Friday and then see a movie. I feel better connected to him and haven’t missed a beat at work.”

“Every Wednesday is Yoga Wednesday. I always felt like I could not slow down because too many would go wrong. Once I Half-Retired, I take off every Wednesday for Yoga classes. My mental health is so much better, and I feel like my quality of work has improved.”

“Now that I’m Half-Retired, I spend half the year in Florida and half in the midwest. I’m loving the work I still do, and my firm is still growing. Even at 71, I wake up excited to go to work now that I’m off the grind.”

“Running a $100M+ company means you are responsible for a lot of people’s livelihoods. I was scared to death about removing myself from the primary sales role. I was worried that without my relationships, we could not close deals. It took a year, but I’ve completely removed myself from any sales work and have taken on a more strategic role at the company.”

“I Half-Retired for several years but decided to fully retire and sell my stores. I was able to quickly and easily sell my locations for more than the appraisal because the business ran well without me. Thanks, Half-Retire!”

“After implementing the Half-Retire model, I have been able to work fewer hours while keeping things moving. I just got back from two solid weeks at our lake cabin and feel great.”

Chet never had a desire to fully retire from his traffic consultant business, but he was looking to cut his work hours in half. When he came across the concept of Half-Retirement, he immediately fell in love with the idea, but soon after, doubts crept in about it working for him since he was a…

“I’m 74 and recently married. I know I’d have to cut back my work time radically to treat my retired wife fairly. I tried many times to reduce my workload to no avail. I tried the Half-Retire method out of desperation, and I’m glad I did. I’m enjoying RV’ing several weeks a month while keeping my income. I couldn’t be happier.”

“I felt like there were too many things only I could do, so I was working 50-60 hours a week. It was exhausting at my age. After just one coaching session, I was able to reduce my workload by over twenty hours a week.”

“I felt like the bottleneck of my business. I had my fingers in everything. I was overworked and slowing down our progress. But I could not figure out how to extricate myself from things. Shifting my mindset to Half-Retire Mode helped me unwind my ever-ending task list. I’m not working fewer hours, but I am less stressed, more productive, and the business is growing again.”

“My travel schedule was brutal. We repair and certify equipment on site, so covering the western half of the U.S. was exhausting. There was a lot of equipment only I could fix, so I did not see a path to Half-Retirement. There was no one and no way to delegate my work. By tweaking my business model and changing several workflows, I have cut my travel in half. That equates to one and a half weeks more each month to sleep in my own bed.”