How Americans Build a Life Abroad: Carl Richards on Risk & Mindset

Carl Richards is a certified financial planner, the New York Times Sketch Guy, and the author of Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple Sketches. He moved from Utah to New Zealand with his family in a matter of weeks. His wife bought plane tickets ten days after hearing about a friend's available house. Ninety days later, they had moved.This episode covers:How Carl became the New York Times sketch guy (a desperate drawing on a whiteboard)Why showing up and being consistent matters moreHow Carl's wife pulled the rescue cord and moved the family to New ZealandThe detox from US money and work culture that Carl did not see comingMoving teenagers abroad during a senior year of high schoolWhy New Zealanders ask about holidays and weekends, not jobsThe French cafe lesson: you think this is about money. It is about food.The worry list: a blank page. Nothing is helped by worrying.The cognitive load of a simple grocery store in a new countryCarl's daughter's advice: you thought you were going to have an adventure without it being hardWhy Carl would spend his savings again without thinking twiceCarl and host Arielle Tucker, CFP®, EA discuss why most of what we worry about never happens and why moving abroad does not require a perfect plan.ResourcesRead Carl's latest book Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple SketchesSubscribe to the Passport to Wealth newsletter: passporttowealth.com/contactFind a vetted cross-border advisor: passporttowealth.com/directoryAre you a qualified professional serving US expats? Apply to passporttowealth.com/joinMentioned in this episode:www.passporttowealth.comPassport to Wealth is a proud member of the SwissCast NetworkDiscover more podcasts for English-speaking SwitzerlandSwissCast Networkwww.passporttowealth.comwww.passporttowealth.com