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future of work

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Eve Enslow on Burnout, Age, and Redefining Success After Leaving Microsoft (Redefining Retirement Podcast)

Oct 8, 2025

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2 min read

Eve Enslow on Burnout, Age, and Redefining Success After Leaving Microsoft (Redefining Retirement Podcast)

Featuring Eve Enslow, Executive Branding Coach & former Microsoft leader who proves it’s never too late to redefine success and design a life that fits

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

life lessons

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Career Change After 40 And Why Average Won’t Cut It in the AI Era

Sep 28, 2025

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5 min read

Career Change After 40 And Why Average Won’t Cut It in the AI Era

This week’s mixtape: career burnout, midlife pivots, building your own income, calming AI fears, and some Tears for Fears

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Can Starting A Newsletter Be Part Of A Gen Xer's Retirement Plan? Find Out

Sep 14, 2025

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5 min read

Can Starting A Newsletter Be Part Of A Gen Xer's Retirement Plan? Find Out

This week’s mixtape: newsletters as a retirement asset, AI productivity, smarter AI prompts, and a soul-shaking Bon Jovi remix.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

life lessons

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The Five Pillars of Redefining Retirement: 2025 Gen X Retirement Planning

Aug 24, 2025

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6 min read

The Five Pillars of Redefining Retirement: 2025 Gen X Retirement Planning

This week’s mixtape: staying relevant, playing offense, a little luck and an 80s music comeback?

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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How to Build a Content Repurposing System And Bring Old Skills Back Into Play

Aug 10, 2025

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8 min read

How to Build a Content Repurposing System And Bring Old Skills Back Into Play

This week’s mixtape: your compounding content system, why old skills still matter, using your strengths, and some good old fashioned 80s road trippin' music.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Career Change at 50: The Price of Doing Your Own Thing (And the Cost of Not)

Jul 27, 2025

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6 min read

Career Change at 50: The Price of Doing Your Own Thing (And the Cost of Not)

This week’s mixtape: midlife reinvention, compounding effort, energy shifts, and some Hall and Oates.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Audience Building To Freedom And The Day I Got Escorted Out

Jul 6, 2025

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6 min read

Audience Building To Freedom And The Day I Got Escorted Out

This week’s mixtape: cubicle to camper, audience building, hidden leverage, and an overlooked Alanis Morissette line.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Will AI Replace You Or Reward You?

Jun 1, 2025

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7 min read

Will AI Replace You Or Reward You?

This week’s mixtape: More White Collar doom, Fleetwood Mac, and how to spot your next opportunity using ChatGPT

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Future of White Collar Work, AI Swarms, and John Stamos Playing Papa Roach

May 25, 2025

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6 min read

Future of White Collar Work, AI Swarms, and John Stamos Playing Papa Roach

This week’s mixtape: AI wake-up calls, entrepreneurial mindsets, and Full House uncle goes Nu Metal.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Why Newsletters Are a Smart New Retirement Plan for Gen X

May 7, 2025

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5 min read

Why Newsletters Are a Smart New Retirement Plan for Gen X

Alternative Retirement Strategies for Gen X: Why Newsletters Deserve a Spot

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

newsletters

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How to Monetize a Newsletter: 2025 Gen X Creators Income Guide

May 5, 2025

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6 min read

How to Monetize a Newsletter: 2025 Gen X Creators Income Guide

7 proven email‐monetization tips—sponsorships, paid tiers, affiliates, and more—to turn subscriber lists into reliable income.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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How I Build My Newsletter Business in Half the Time Using 3 AI Tools

Apr 26, 2025

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7 min read

How I Build My Newsletter Business in Half the Time Using 3 AI Tools

The AI Tools Helping Me Get Shit Done and Take Care of Business in My 50s

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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How to Ask for a Raise and Get It (What's Working for Me at 52)

Apr 13, 2025

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8 min read

How to Ask for a Raise and Get It (What's Working for Me at 52)

You don’t need permission—you need a plan and a little leverage.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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For Gen X, Retirement Is the New Health Risk We Never Saw Coming

Apr 6, 2025

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6 min read

For Gen X, Retirement Is the New Health Risk We Never Saw Coming

Studies say stepping away from work could hurt your brain—not just your future income.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

life lessons

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AI and Gen X: How to Combine Your Current Skills with Artificial Intelligence

Mar 30, 2025

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7 min read

AI and Gen X: How to Combine Your Current Skills with Artificial Intelligence

Use your existing skills, stay relevant after 50, and build a new path with AI (and some Bon Jovi)

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

life lessons

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Gen X Retirement Crisis? How AI Partnership Changes Everything

Mar 23, 2025

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8 min read

Gen X Retirement Crisis? How AI Partnership Changes Everything

We're Using AI All Wrong: Turn AI from Threat to Ally with This Simple Mindset Shift

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

life lessons

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Mindset Matters: How One Simple Shift Changed My Career Forever

Mar 16, 2025

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7 min read

Mindset Matters: How One Simple Shift Changed My Career Forever

Harness the Power of a Growth Mindset to Escape the 9-to-5, Find Fulfillment, and Build Lasting Success

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Freelance on Upwork After 50: Earn Extra Income Without Quitting Your Job

Mar 9, 2025

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10 min read

Freelance on Upwork After 50: Earn Extra Income Without Quitting Your Job

Low Risk Way of Starting A Business At 50+ by Turning Decades of Experience into a Steady Side Income

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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How I'm Using Leverage to Work Less (Again)

Feb 23, 2025

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8 min read

How I'm Using Leverage to Work Less (Again)

Building a Smarter, More Scalable Business Without Burning Out

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

build log

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Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 5 Results

Feb 16, 2025

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6 min read

Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 5 Results

Week 5 is in the books. Check out the lessons on building a side hustle at 52.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

build log

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Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 4 Results

Feb 9, 2025

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9 min read

Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 4 Results

Week 4 results are in. Get my latest lessons on building a side hustle at 52.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

build log

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Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 3 Results

Feb 2, 2025

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10 min read

Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 3 Results

Here are the week 3 results and lessons on building a profitable one person side business at 52.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

build log

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Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 2 Results

Jan 26, 2025

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8 min read

Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: Week 2 Results

The saga continues. Week 2 results and lessons in building a profitable one person side business at 52.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

build log

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Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: My Week 1 Results (So Far)

Jan 19, 2025

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8 min read

Building a Business at 50+ Without Quitting My Day Job: My Week 1 Results (So Far)

Follow along as I build a profitable side business at 50+ Here are my week 1 results, lessons learned, and how you can start too.

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler

future of work

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Are You Too Old to Start a Business at 50? Think Again.

Jan 12, 2025

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8 min read

Are You Too Old to Start a Business at 50? Think Again.

Why Your 50s Are the Perfect Time to Build a Business That Aligns With Your Experience and Passion

Corey Koehler
Corey Koehler
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Redefining Retirement

Too young to retire? Too old for the Rat Race? Let's work on that. Join Gen X solopreneurs, creators, and side-hustlers getting the weekly mixtape of AI info, self-marketing, and motivation to stay relevant, make some cash, and create a lifestyle you won’t want to retire from.

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