The solution the industry said, is sacrifice today so you can have a better life tomorrow. Give up your Starbucks Coffee. Downsize. Don’t take vacations. Recommendations like that are common. But George had a different idea, an idea that provided hope and a way to live a better life today and tomorrow.
He began crafting creative ways to bridge the financial shortfall through options most people didn’t even know were right before them. George gave people hope.
“I’ve met with thousands of people, but I remember meeting with one man who shared he wasn’t sleeping because he discovered after nearly 40 years working in the woods, his retirement “fun money” after expenses amounted to only $400 a month. He was both embarrassed and afraid. He had no contingency savings. Life had happened.”
George asked the question, “If you could live the life you imagined, what would you do?” The man lit up! “I would spend every hour on my boat.” George got an idea. “Have you heard of BoatSetter.com? For 27 days a month, that boat is all yours, but for the other three or four days, you can take people on tours exploring the beautiful Oregon coast. And make $500 every time.” It was life-changing. No more financial stress. And life making. He got to do what he loved and share it people who loved it too.
If George could do this for one person, why not do this for more? That’s when the magic happened and GigMatch was born. Millions of hardworking Americans are caught between living paycheck to paycheck, and the pressure to save for retirement. And many retirees are struggling after working their whole lives. It doesn’t have to be this way.
George and his team of financial professionals created GigMatch to help people see the possibilities. View earning, saving, and retiring in a new way. Bridge financial shortfalls. And create hope.
Currently, GigMatch is partnering with retirement plan advisors and plan sponsors to help as many people as possible and as quickly as possible. Later, our vision is to bring GigMatch to more people through more channels so they can feel, perhaps for the first time, the freedom that comes from being free of financial stress.