“ If you do not know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, then you don’t know where you’re going.” Terry Pratchett, “I Shall Wear Midnight” I struggled this week to come up with meaningful content that would be a fitting and… Continue reading How To Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part Three
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How to Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part Two
Last week, the first article of this three-part series on avoiding boomer boredom focused on (1) finding your essential self, (2) reintegrating yourself and (3) starting a lifestyle business. This week, we’ll take a look at three more boomer boredom fighters. Why all the concern about boredom? Boredom can lead to the development of… Continue reading How to Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part Two
How to Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part One
A Certified Financial Planner friend of mine shared a story over breakfast recently. One of his long-standing clients – let’s call him Jack – who had fully retired six months earlier called out of the blue with a plea for help. Having entered his retirement in great financial shape, his call went something like… Continue reading How to Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part One
Your Second Half Should Be Filled with These Four-letter Words
The second half of life (I’ll optimistically call it the 50-to-100 phase) is rife with both opportunity and challenge. It’s a time when social expectations expect us to begin to “wind down” rather than “rewind”; to “land” and not “take off”; to retire and not rewire; to retreat and not advance. It’s… Continue reading Your Second Half Should Be Filled with These Four-letter Words
Are You a Fugitive From Yourself?
“Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves — we can keep ourselves so busy, fill our lives with so many diversions, stuff our heads with so much knowledge, involve ourselves with so many people, and cover so much ground that we never have time to… Continue reading Are You a Fugitive From Yourself?
Good news! Millennials Can’t Retire!!
Looks like the media and the financial planning industry is getting their knickers into knots about the prospect of millennials being unable to retire. The headline for this article from Next Avenue is certainly an attention getter: “The Bleak Retirement Outlook for Boomer’s Kids.” If you are one who still clings to the… Continue reading Good news! Millennials Can’t Retire!!
Pivot Your Retirement Before It Kills You!
A generation ago, IBM did a study of their pensioners and found that their average retiree didn’t make it past the 24th pension check. John E. Lang, a petroleum engineer and 45-year employee of a single oil company, succumbed to a heart attack in his sleep 10 months after receiving his gold watch – and… Continue reading Pivot Your Retirement Before It Kills You!
Are You Headed for Life’s “Dinosaur Floor”?
There’s a story told by author Mitch Anthony in his book “The New Retirementality” of a Fortune 100 company in New York City that has a floor at their executive office complex that is referred to as the “dinosaur floor.” Reportedly, it is a floor where executive managers in their 50’s or 60’s whose contributions… Continue reading Are You Headed for Life’s “Dinosaur Floor”?
What’s Your Second Number?
Let’s try a little project. Take note of these two numbers: 27,720 and 13,373. The first number is the number of days, as of this writing (2/17/2018), that I have been alive. That’s 39,916,800+ minutes, 2,395,000,000+ seconds. Rather sobering numbers, wouldn’t you agree? If you think they are sobering, you should see them from this… Continue reading What’s Your Second Number?
Are You Prepared for the Inevitable Loss of Your Job?
“Companies now have to be on a war footing. They need to learn about technology advances and see themselves as a technology startup in Silicon Valley would: as a juicy target for disruption. They have to realize that the threat may arise in any industry, with any new technology. Companies need all hands on… Continue reading Are You Prepared for the Inevitable Loss of Your Job?