Greg Bishop Attorney

Greg Bishop, a Park City attorney, recently had lunch with a close friend who is nearing retirement. As they were catching up, his friend shared something like this:
For the last 20 years, I’ve been a pretty important executive at a few different companies. Given my leadership roles, I was involved in nearly every major decision. Sure, I worked long hours, but I really enjoyed the professional challenges. I finally have enough money to be comfortable, but the thought of retiring scares me. I’...

Greg Bishop, a Park City attorney, recently took a 12-month sabbatical from his job leading the legal, compliance, and HR functions of a public company. He and his wife traveled the country in an Airstream motorhome with their mountain bikes, road bikes, and dogs. To fully embrace their wanderlust, they traveled on state roads whenever possible and soaked up the local vibe by randomly driving around the places they visited.
Their boundless freedom to explore was made possible because they kne...

When attorney Greg Bishop moved to Park City in 2009, he had never ridden a mountain bike before. Soon afterward he purchased his first bike, but he rode infrequently for the first few years. However, in the Spring of 2018, he began riding almost daily with his wife. Since then, they have been lucky enough to ride in some very beautiful places: Park City, Utah; Sedona, Arizona; Telluride, Colorado; and Sun Valley, Idaho, among others.
While Mr. Bishop doesn’t pretend to be an expert, mountain...

In early Summer 2018, Park City attorney Greg Bishop and his wife took a 12-month sabbatical from their jobs, traveling the country in an Airstream motorhome with their mountain bikes, road bikes, and dogs. While on their way to visit family in Phoenix, they stopped in Sedona, Arizona, for what they thought would be a quick visit – they ended up staying two weeks. To say that they fell in love with the area would be an understatement.

While in Sedona, they spent much of their time riding moun...

Much of the advice about retirement focuses on the need for prudent financial planning. The emphasis on fiscal preparation is understandable, given that on average, approximately 10,000 people retire every day in the United States alone. In addition, because the average life expectancy continues to rise, people need to save even more because they will be retired for a longer period.
But preparing for retirement requires more than just good economic planning. I recently took a 12-month sabbati...

Carl Richards is a financial planner, published author (The Behavior Gap and The One Page Financial Plan), and regular columnist for the New York Times. He is also fondly known as the "Sketch Guy," based on his napkin drawings that make difficult concepts more intuitive. In September 2018, he wrote a column entitled "Your Future Should Be Bigger Than Your Past. Here's How to Do It," that included this sketch:
Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura make the same point in their book, The Laws of Lif...