Choosing A Modest Life Abroad After Being Laid Off

After spending nearly three decades climbing the corporate ladder in the auto industry, American-German expat John Jorn Stech was suddenly laid off from his executive position at Volvo. He was just 53 years old.

What happens to a person’s psyche and sense of identity when their job, status, and paycheck are unexpectedly taken away after almost 30 years of building a career? 

In this episode, 59-year-old John shares how and why he let go of his prescribed idea of how life is supposed to be lived, an idea shaped by his culture and passed down through generations.

Lifelong car enthusiast John also reveals how he stepped away from the rat race in the United States and eventually discovered the beauty of a modest lifestyle abroad. It was a life built around simplicity, freedom, and finally having time for himself.

But at what price?

Tune in to find out which lifelong dream John is now willing to sacrifice and what he misses about this past life.