Brian Clark

The Paradox Blocking Gen X Career Advancement The Wall Street Journal reveals how our “forgotten” position between Boomers and Millennials is wrecking our employment prospects.

Medical advances and lifestyle changes have already blessed Baby Boomers with longer, healthier lives, and this is now creating an unintended consequence:

They're squeezing Generation X out of the executive suite.

Oh, this is the same as the senior living concept. Love this idea.

That sounds really interesting.

Shipping container construction going on there? Lots of it in Baja.

Only one month in Baja and I can't wait to get to Costa Rica. Don't get me wrong, it's super nice here at the beach, but sometimes you need one place to make you realize the place you really want.

The Inevitable Rise of the Independent Workforce Being independent is now a sign of status. Being location-independent has even more status.

What’s behind the surge in people ditching traditional employment and heading out on their own?

Other than Corporate America’s propensity to hire you when it’s convenient and dump you when it’s profitable, of course.

We all know that part.

What did I tell you?

Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...

On one hand, no shit. On the other, the WSJ and Murdoch are not messing around. They want him gone.

Why You Should Insist on Learning a New Language You shouldn’t let learning a new language keep you from considering a non-English-speaking country as your new home base.

Doing challenging new things improves your cognitive functioning, as long as it pushes your abilities.

Learning another language, in particular, keeps the brain in optimum condition by providing tools to decrease memory loss and increase neurological regeneration.

RIP Ozzy Osbourne. You lived a crazy full life despite the odds.

The Surprising Expertise Accelerator that Powers Your Business This works to enhance existing expertise, or to develop new expertise in any topic of your choice.

At midlife, you’re likely sitting on a goldmine of expertise that can be used to start a location-independent business.

Or perhaps you want to become an expert in an entirely different domain as the basis of your business.

What if I told you that the key to doing either one is the same?

Start Here to Create a Location-Independent Business at Midlife Let's uncover your hidden expertise using just three questions.

You need some innovative, sexy idea to start a business, right?

No, all you need is a solution to a problem that people will pay for.

Most people at midlife are sitting on a goldmine and don't even know it.

Love it.

Escape The “Longevity Squeeze” by Leveraging Your Expertise Your accumulated expertise, professional networks, and life experience aren't consolation prizes for getting older.

With increases in lifespan and healthspan, very few can afford retirement at 65 while living into their late 80s, 90s, and beyond.

God forbid they learn Spanish.

The Adventure Begins… You are the author of your next chapter.

On May 30, 2025, we closed the sale of our home in Boulder.

In the three weeks prior, we had gifted or sold all our furniture.

We cleaned out a horrendous amount of accumulated crap.

And then we hopped on a plane to Baja Sur to lock down a place to live for the rest of the year.

The Complete Guide to Portugal Residency Visas for 2025 Everywhere you look, people are labeling yet another country as the “next Portugal.” But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal? The country that some refer to as “Little California” remains o...

Everywhere you look, people are labeling yet another country as the “next Portugal.”

But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal?

Sorá, Panama: Why This Ancient Mountain Settlement Could Be Your Next Home Base Picture this: You’re answering emails while sipping locally-grown coffee on your terrace, surrounded by mist-covered mountains and the kind of silence that actually lets you think. No traffic. No cons...

Picture this: You're answering emails while sipping locally-grown coffee on your terrace, surrounded by mist-covered mountains and the kind of silence that lets you actually think.

Just you, your laptop, and a view that stretches to both the Pacific and Caribbean on clear days.

Are You Dancing to Society’s Soundtrack? It's now time to start composing your greatest work.

As you enter your 50s, you no longer feel compelled to dance to society's soundtrack.

You start to tune out the sound of so-called success that's been in your ears since you were young, and instead define success in terms that make sense for yourself.

We did make the most of it while we could, right?

Why Millions Are Saying No to a J.O.B. People want independence from the unreasonable constraints and control of traditional employment.

People want independence from the unreasonable constraints and control of traditional employment.

More and more people are claiming that independence.

Rise of the Matriarchy: Why Gen X Women Will Take the Lead The implications of a shift toward more power for midlife women are fairly profound.

People aged fifty and over already account for more than half of consumer spending in the United States and 83% of household wealth, with both numbers expected to increase significantly.

And odds are you’ll be attempting to convince an older female consumer.

Yeah, this is the thing. Even if we get by OKC, we play the dreaded t-Wolves without Gordon.

It's gonna take a miracle for the Nuggets to win in OKC without Aaron Gordon, but I'm happy that everyone now knows how important that guy is.

What's that body of water?

The Snowboard, the Subdural Hematoma, and the Secret of Life The two nasty words that can hold you back from the life you want.

20 years ago last Friday, they wheeled me in for emergency surgery, and I said goodbye to my wife, not quite three-year-old daughter, and newborn son.

I knew that sometimes people don’t wake up from brain surgery, and this might be the last time I saw them.

Skrillex at Red Rocks last night. Wait for the drop 🙂

Bench Westbrook, please.

Why Location Independence Starts with Financial Independence Your access to geographic flexibility depends on financial flexibility, not independent wealth.

As the first generation to rely almost exclusively on the 401(k) for our retirement savings instead of pensions of the past, we know one thing:

The experiment has been a failure.

Has someone kidnapped you and forced you to say this?

Blink twice for yes.

Never mind. Clearly you've been kidnapped.