Hang onto your hat this month because Carl interviewed former ad wiz Tom Marks. We go on a wild retirement story. Tom’s first couple of years in retirement he summed up in in one word “horrible”. He moved into a 50+ community that he hated. He made a rigid list of activities that he “thought” he should be doing in retirement. He felt like he was on a hamster wheel and didn’t know how to get off.
It wasn’t until he figured out that writing was what gave him peace and purpose. He just completed his second best-selling book, Coming of Age in Retirement, An Advertising Executive’s story of Enlightenment and Revelation. It’s full of insights into how to find your path to true happiness in retirement. He does so with candor and great humor.
A bonus is hearing about Tom’s father Melvin Marks who was a true celebrity in the advertising world. He was the marketing genius behind the success of Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn.
• More about Tom Marks: https://thepeacefulretiree.com/author/tom-marks
• Tom’s newest book: https://www.comingofageinretirement.com
• Episode Content: https://pickleballmediahq.com/blog/tom-marks-interview-survived-40-years-in-the-ad-biz-to-a-coming-of-age-in-retirement
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