Category: Retirement

Is Your Geezer Showing?

  Photo by Roland Kay-Smith on Unsplash Call me crazy!  Call me unkind? Call me unsympathetic! Call me insulting!  Call me self-centered! Just don’t call me illogical! You can call me paranoid – because you would be right.  Because I admit to a slight case of paranoia developed over the last decade-and-a-half or so. I’m terrified that I… Continue reading Is Your Geezer Showing?

And the Oscar for a Fulfilling Third Age Goes to – – – –

Image by analogicus from Pixabay I’ve had some pretty deep conversations over the last six months with some successful, deeply-skilled execs who are looking at, or are early into, the retirement phase of their lives.  Each conversation is an adventure, each with uniqueness and depth that challenges my listening skills and my ability to inject something original or… Continue reading And the Oscar for a Fulfilling Third Age Goes to – – – –

Does Your Life-planning Go Beyond the Actuarial Tables?  It should.

In my multiple roles as recruiter, retirement coach, and career transition specialist, I have the good fortune to talk with some amazing, talented and successful people who have entered into their “third age” of life.  That’s the new extended and unchartered territory between the end of mid-career jobs and parenting duties and the beginning of… Continue reading Does Your Life-planning Go Beyond the Actuarial Tables?  It should.

Aging Doesn’t Need to Be a B****

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

I hear it a couple of times every week: “Getting old is a bitch!” Or the overworked, less profane version: “Getting old isn’t for sissies!” Occasionally, someone will resort to an attempt at the comedic approach and borrow the classic: “If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken… Continue reading Aging Doesn’t Need to Be a B****

An Older?  Or An Elder?  A Question Every Boomer Retiree Needs to Confront.

Photo by Bruce Mars, Pexels “Those who continue to grow as they grow older can develop long-term vision, whereas most become blinded by near-term needs and common neediness. Growing older happens to everyone. But growing wiser happens to those who awaken to a greater sense of meaning and purpose in life. Without this added dimension,… Continue reading An Older?  Or An Elder?  A Question Every Boomer Retiree Needs to Confront.

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Retirement Planning Done Well.

Dola Handley and Cary Smith in Munich, Germany Imagine with me that you are working 60 hour weeks, making life-and-death decisions virtually every day, herding cats that are your staff, fighting with superiors for adequate resources, putting up with arrogant personalities, being on call-standby many weekends and operating on less than adequate sleep. Now imagine… Continue reading Retirement Planning Done Well.

Retired? You May Be About to Waste the Most Productive, Fulfilling Time of Your Life?

Photo by Cristofer Jeschke on Unsplash Your financial planner just called you to a special meeting in his office to deliver some news.  It’s all good. You’ve hit your investment goals and are financially prepared to retire! You started  a diligent, leveraged savings plan at 28 and now, 35 years later and with his help… Continue reading Retired? You May Be About to Waste the Most Productive, Fulfilling Time of Your Life?

Retirement and the “No-Work” Danger Zone

Photo by Raúl Nájera on Unsplash Here’s a theory to ponder:  retirement can cause brain-rot! Brain rot?  Never heard of it?  Well, I hadn’t either – I kinda just made it up. I just wanted to get your attention. But the thought came to me after I stumbled across a YouTube featuring spiritual elder Rabbi Zalman Schachter  talking… Continue reading Retirement and the “No-Work” Danger Zone