Marc Freedman: The Case for Encore Careers

The Long View

Morningstar

Finance, Dan Lefkovitz, Amy Arnott, Entrepreneurship, Investing Leaders, Jeff Ptak, Investors, Christine Benz, Influential Investors, Careers, Long-term Investing, Financial Services, Business, Investing, Morningstar

4.5 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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An author and entrepreneur discusses the benefits of age diversity in the workplace, the importance of purpose later in life, and why older workers might consider a ‘gap year.’

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0:00.0	At Jackson, we've created a digital retirement planning experience with you and mine.
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0:10.1	that are designed to enable financial professionals and clients to plan a path to financial freedom.
0:15.5	Jackson is short for Jackson Financial Incorporated, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Michigan,
0:20.5	and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York. Purchase New York.
0:26.6	Please stay tuned for important disclosure information at the conclusion of this episode.
0:32.8	Hi, and welcome to The Longview. I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar.
0:39.3	And I'm Amy Arnaut, portfolio strategist with Morningstar Research Services. Our guest on the podcast today is Mark Friedman. Mark is the president, CEO, and founder of Encore.org, which is geared toward helping people pursue meaningful work later in life. Mark is also author of
0:56.5	the book, How to Live Forever, the Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations. He co-founded
1:02.6	Experience Corps to mobilize people over 50 to improve the school performance and prospects of low-income
1:08.6	elementary school students in 22 U.S. cities. Mark also
1:12.9	spearheaded the creation of the Encore Fellowships program, a one-year fellowship helping
1:17.8	individuals translate their midlife skills into second acts focused on social impact, and the
1:23.5	Purpose Prize, an annual $100,000 prize for social entrepreneurs in the second half of life.
1:30.6	Mark received his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College
1:33.7	and his MBA from the Yale School of Management.
1:36.8	Mark, welcome to the Longview.
1:39.0	Thanks, Christine.
1:40.0	I appreciate you having me on.
1:42.5	Well, we appreciate you being here.
1:44.0	We've been looking forward to this.
1:45.4	So we want to start with a little stage setting.
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