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What if you think differently about your retirement? Andrew Robin rejoins us to update us on his Tapas Life since we first spoke with him two years ago. His idea of a Tapas Life is a practical way to transition to retirement in a gradual fashion.

Andrew Robin joins us from San Francisco.

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Bio
Andrew Robin was born in Chicago and raised in Mexico City.  He holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard University. Andy was an entrepreneur with his dad in the computer industry in the early ‘70s in Mexico City (his dad moved the family there from Chicago to pursue an opportunity).  He was in the semiconductor industry for 22 years (at Mostek, Monolithic Memories, AMD, and Lattice), mostly in marketing, but also as a general manager, and most recently as VP of New Business Ventures.  He was a house dad from 2002 to 2007 until his wife Carole and Andy’s youngest went off to college.Today he retains the duties of shopping/cooking, household maintenance, travel planning, and finances.  He also plays a lot of classical piano, some golf, enjoyed 6 years on the Board and Executive Committee of his large synagogue (Congregation Beth Am of Los Altos Hills), where he was also co-chair of raising an endowment, was part-time CEO of a promising tech start-up for 6 years (and remains on the Board), is an Executive Coach and Life Coach, serves on the Board of a foundation in Palo Alto and a NYC hedge fund and enjoys day-trips, lectures, and concerts around the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.

He wrote Tapas Life to do some good for others.

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For More on Andrew Robin

Tapas Life: A Rich and Rewarding Life After Your Long Career

Mentioned in This Podcast Episode
Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues by David Bradford and Carole Robin
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Wise Quotes

On Building a Tapas Life



"So the basics and then like I did with piano, start doing something you love. What's something you always wanted to do? Maybe it's something you did as a teen and loved it, or in college and loved it. What if you went back to that? Or what if you have some friends who have some hobbies or things they do and you've always admired or maybe even been a little jelly of 'em and  maybe it's a chance to try some of those things yourself. It doesn't matter if you try it and you're crappy at it. There's no downside here. It's not like because you tried it and it didn't work out you can't pay your mortgage and feed your family. There's no cost. It's a great time of life."

 



On Failing Fast



"You can do the big fail. It doesn't matter. In that case,