Joseph Janiczek, founding partner of Janiczek Wealth Management, recently wrote the following article about a project underway with Dr. Jeffrey Gladden, an interventional cardiologist and founder of APEX.
Within their respective disciplines, Mr. Janiczek (Wealth) and Dr. Gladden (Health) both advocate integrative, evidence-based programs tailored to the individual. Both recognize disciplined, pro-active resource management promotes performance optimization. Each pursues methods to help minimize risk, foster confidence, and support personal life goals.
However, even more remarkable than such parallels is the potential of wealth and health added together. -Cathy Wegner
The Wealth + Health + Longevity Breakthrough
Jeffrey Gladden, MD, a world-class longevity expert and founder of APEX, and I have discovered that it is quite beneficial to comprehensively look at wealth, health and longevity in an integrated way.
The Stages of Financial Freedom with Longevity animated illustration below shows the profound impact longevity has on wealth and the new possibility of reclaiming health and extending longevity that is now possible as a result of breakthroughs in medicine.
Exhibit 1: The Stages of Financial Freedom® with Longevity
Working together, we discovered two breakthroughs are possible, when looking at this dynamic together, that can be quite additive to proactive wealth management and optimum health management:
- The possibility of reclaimed health and expanded longevity brings an ideal financial mindset into play that can help you think, act and stay in peak financial form.
- The possibility of reclaimed wealth vibrancy brings an ideal resourcefulness mindset into play that can help you think, act to stay in peak health/fitness form.
Wealth Management with Longevity in Mind
As we have examined how longevity can impact investment and wealth management, we have come to recognize numerous ways it can impact how you may think and act. Here are some examples of how reclaiming health and expanding longevity may impact your finances in the future:
- Invest ⇒ You may decide to expose your portfolio to slightly more upside potential longer, as if you were permanently in your late-50’s to early 60’s.
- View work ⇒ You may choose to stay “in the game” longer, actively creating wealth, building more capability and earning more income, all completely on your terms (because you have financial independence but are choosing the proportion of leisure and work that is optimal for you).
- Spend ⇒ You may choose to lower your portfolio distribution rate (the amount you take out annually) to 2.9% or less instead of 3.9% or less.
- Optimize health and fitness ⇒ You may pursue your personal health, fitness and longevity more proactively to reclaim your health and vibrancy and maintain it at a high level.
- View leisure and future retirement ⇒ You absolutely act to enjoy financial security and independence and enjoy a level of leisure and free time you love. However, for wholeness sake, you choose to continue to flourish in fulfilling work (full- or part-time, career or charity) as well.
- Pursue challenges ⇒ You regularly set exciting stretch goals that require courage, commitment, action and learning–a healthy way to continually grow and support longevity.
All of the above concepts and more are compatible with our Strength-Based Wealth Management and Evidence-Based Investing services. We totally understand that it is each client’s personal choice regarding if and how to integrate this dynamic into their financial and investment planning. Our aim is to be able to adapt to each client to the extent they want to incorporate Wealth + Health + Longevity into their planning.
Seeing all the good possibilities–financially, attitude wise (longer runway to achieve greater success and significance) and happiness/fulfillment wise–we encourage clients to entertain this mindset, planning and action shift.
Optimal Mindsets for Longevity
My long time executive coach, Dan Sullivan, has pinpointed the optimal mindsets for longevity. He is also in collaboration with Dr. Gladden and me on this topic. It’s a great place to start. I highly recommend you read his book and take yourself through his Lifetime Extender exercise. Access digital copy of his book and other great resources related to the optimal mindset for longevity.
RELATED LINKS:
APEX, Jeffrey Gladden, M.D., founder
Dr. Gladden’s Health and Human Performance product recommendations
Janiczek & MIT Age Lab presentation Part 1
Janiczek & MIT Age Lab presentation Part 2
Janiczek & MIT Age Lab presentation booklet
Dan Sullivan’s Digital Book and Resources on Longevity (Free)
