That Will Nevr Work Podcast · Maurice D. Chism, Sr. | Entrepreneur & Business Strategist

S7|G10 Too Late? with David Nassief

April 3, 2026·24 min·2 clips

David Nassief was fired at 63 and nearly broke, but safely built seven figures within six years.

A firing opens the door. David Nassif begins with being let go at 63, nearly broke, and then safely building seven figures within six years. Maurice keeps pushing the question wider: what if financial reinvention does not come with an expiration date? Money matters here, but it is not the whole point. The conversation keeps circling back to what a second act can give back to family, purpose, and useful work after corporate life. Adam is the soft spot in the episode. David talks about working closely with his 33-year-old son, who has high blood pressure and high-functioning autism. That time feels newly valuable. David says he never had this kind of working closeness with Adam before, and Maurice catches the family weight of that. The wealth compass stays deliberately plain. David describes a one-page tool that changed his life, then keeps steering listeners away from making the better path too complicated. Corporate life becomes the contrast. He can now volunteer and make the kind of impact that felt harder there. Maurice does not treat the late-career setback like a neat comeback poster. He asks what the old that will never work mindset gets wrong. The answer is practical: look straight at the money, let go of one stale belief about age or timing, and stop assuming wealth-building is only for younger people. Warm, steady, and useful.

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A late-career setback turns into a steady case for reinvention.

That Will Never Work Podcast follows David Nassif through a late-career reset that starts with getting fired at 63 and nearly broke, then lands six years later at seven figures.

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If you need proof a layoff is not the end, start here: David Nassif was fired at 63, nearly broke, and built seven figures within six years.

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