We Were Never Meant to Get Our Worth From Work | Rabbi Ron Li-Paz

Who are you when the title is gone and the phone stops ringing?
In this episode of The Meaning Mindset, Rabbi Ron Li-Paz unpacks why retirement feels like grief for so many people, and why an older, wiser tradition never accepted the idea that your worth is measured by your work in the first place.
Drawing on Torah, Jewish practice, Hindu philosophy, Okinawan longevity research, and modern studies from Jim Collins and Harvard's landmark study of adult development, Rabbi Ron makes the case that the later years aren't the discount rack of life, they're where the most consequential chapters begin.
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 - The question we ask before any other
03:29 - Retirement as the quietest crisis of our lives
05:22 - Judaism's radical claim: worth as birthright
09:03 - Shabbat: a weekly rehearsal of retirement
10:56 - Jim Collins on "the cliff" and "the fog"
13:55 - The four stages of life in Hindu tradition
16:07 - What actually outlasts a career
20:17 - The Harvard study's simplest, biggest finding
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