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October 21st, 2025 Mature Content

Fritz Gilbert: Mr. Retirement — Author of "The Retirement Manifesto"

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  1. Fritz Gilbert: Mr. Retirement -- Author of "The Retirement Manifesto" Carl Landau 48:34

It takes a long time to hit 100 episodes when you’re a monthly podcast. So we’re pretty excited. Carl wanted to get the perfect guest. He chose Fritz Gilbert the OG, who is the top voice in the modern retirement movement. Fritz is a retirement expert/book author/speaker/do-gooder and the author of award winning “The Retirement Manifesto”. He’s written 400+ articles and 1 million words about retirement and how to live your very best life in this next phase of life.

Fritz totally delivers! He’s high-energy, funny and gives incredible insights into helping you plan a smooth transition to and once you’re in that retirement how you can make it even better. 

• More about Fritz Gilbert:  https://www.theretirementmanifesto.com/about/ 

• Fritz’s Fritz’s Retirement Manifesto “Ten Commandments of Retirement: https://www.theretirementmanifesto.com/the-ten-commandments-of-retirement/ 

• Episode Content: https://pickleballmediahq.com/blog/Fritz-gilbert-interview-mr-retirement-author-of-the-retirement-manifesto 

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• Sponsored by How to Retire and Not Die: https://garysirak.com/how-to-retire-and-not-die/ 

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Carl Landau Author, Podcaster

Carl Landau is co-author of the new book, Pickleball for dummies. He has been an entrepreneur since the age of 26 and now in (un)Retirement is founder of Pickleball Media. He has started and sold three successful media companies, published five magazines (software development, winemaking and craft brewing industries). He currently hosts the popular podcast I Used to be Somebody, inspiring 50-plus-year-olds how to build their (un)retirement good life, including, of course, a little bit about the virtues of the game he loves — pickleball.