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Learning from Guides - Lawrence Kosick The Retirement Wisdom Podcast
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Lawrence Kosick, Co-founder and President of GetSetUp, joins us to discuss how you can bolster your retirement years with lifelong learning. Follow your curiosity and learn new things in the new year ahead. There's a multitude of options such as Photography, Cooking, Technology, Music, Travel or Health & Fitness. Pick up some new skills, new interests, hobbies and you may also make some new friends along the way.
Lawrence Kosick joins us from California.
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Bio
Lawrence Kosick is the Co-Founder & President of GetSetUp, an online community of people who want to learn new skills, connect with others and unlock new life experiences in an interactive learning environment specifically designed for older adults.
Lawrence was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada where, as a child, Lawrence’s father founded a non-profit assisted living facility for older adults. Lawrence grew up spending nights and weekends visiting the facility and was amazed by the wisdom of the residents who had so much more to give.
Before co-founding GetSetUp, Lawrence oversaw Business Development and Partnerships for IFTTT, an IoT Connectivity Platform. He also led Sight Machine’s Asian Pacific business operations and was VP of Global Partnerships at Yahoo during its early years. Lawrence has been pleased to team up with his long-time friend and co-founder Neil, to create a learning platform for older adults that allows him to continue the work his father started so many years ago. Lawrence is an avid cyclist and trail runner, so it is no surprise that the two co-founders met on the trail and continue to trade ideas that power the mission of GetSetUp and enhance the lives of today’s older adults.
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For More on Lawrence Kosic
GetSetUp
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Podcast Episodes You May Like
Tiny Habits Can Lead to Big Changes – BJ Fogg
Best Of – Lifelong Learning
Learning is a Lifetime Sport – Tom Vanderbilt
Lifelong Learning – Michelle Weise
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Wise Quotes
On Lifelong Learning
"It's a great question, and it's not as if all of our learners on GetSetUp actually identify as lifelong learners. We've found that if you ask that question to a female audience, they more often will say, Yes, I do identify as a lifelong learner. More of our men actually do not actually identify with that phrase. But the concept in general, I'm a big believer in. Life changes, technology changes, our circumstances change, and what are we doing to keep up with that? So there's a shelf life to the things we learn, to the products that we use, to the services that we use. We have to keep learning and evolving to make sure that we're getting the best out of life. And I think that just comes from making a habit of wanting and needing to learn new things."
On Learning from Guides
"And we just thought, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could both re-skill and upskill folks my age and older to teach these things, but also at the same time create a learning opportunity for those who were trying to understand. So an economic opportunity on one side and a learning opportunity on the other. And the wonderful byproduct of that was there was just a comfort level whe...
Make Next Year Your Best Year!
Join our 3 week Tiny Habits group program and get 2024 off to a great start!
Learn More | Register Here
___________________
Lawrence Kosick, Co-founder and President of GetSetUp, joins us to discuss how you can bolster your retirement years with lifelong learning. Follow your curiosity and learn new things in the new year ahead. There's a multitude of options such as Photography, Cooking, Technology, Music, Travel or Health & Fitness. Pick up some new skills, new interests, hobbies and you may also make some new friends along the way.
Lawrence Kosick joins us from California.
____________________
Bio
Lawrence Kosick is the Co-Founder & President of GetSetUp, an online community of people who want to learn new skills, connect with others and unlock new life experiences in an interactive learning environment specifically designed for older adults.
Lawrence was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada where, as a child, Lawrence’s father founded a non-profit assisted living facility for older adults. Lawrence grew up spending nights and weekends visiting the facility and was amazed by the wisdom of the residents who had so much more to give.
Before co-founding GetSetUp, Lawrence oversaw Business Development and Partnerships for IFTTT, an IoT Connectivity Platform. He also led Sight Machine’s Asian Pacific business operations and was VP of Global Partnerships at Yahoo during its early years. Lawrence has been pleased to team up with his long-time friend and co-founder Neil, to create a learning platform for older adults that allows him to continue the work his father started so many years ago. Lawrence is an avid cyclist and trail runner, so it is no surprise that the two co-founders met on the trail and continue to trade ideas that power the mission of GetSetUp and enhance the lives of today’s older adults.
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For More on Lawrence Kosic
GetSetUp
_____________________
Podcast Episodes You May Like
Tiny Habits Can Lead to Big Changes – BJ Fogg
Best Of – Lifelong Learning
Learning is a Lifetime Sport – Tom Vanderbilt
Lifelong Learning – Michelle Weise
_____________________
Retire Smarter. Don’t Miss Out on Our Podcast Conversations.
Follow on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | RSS
_____________________
Wise Quotes
On Lifelong Learning
"It's a great question, and it's not as if all of our learners on GetSetUp actually identify as lifelong learners. We've found that if you ask that question to a female audience, they more often will say, Yes, I do identify as a lifelong learner. More of our men actually do not actually identify with that phrase. But the concept in general, I'm a big believer in. Life changes, technology changes, our circumstances change, and what are we doing to keep up with that? So there's a shelf life to the things we learn, to the products that we use, to the services that we use. We have to keep learning and evolving to make sure that we're getting the best out of life. And I think that just comes from making a habit of wanting and needing to learn new things."
On Learning from Guides
"And we just thought, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could both re-skill and upskill folks my age and older to teach these things, but also at the same time create a learning opportunity for those who were trying to understand. So an economic opportunity on one side and a learning opportunity on the other. And the wonderful byproduct of that was there was just a comfort level whe...
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