Archive for May, 2007

The answer is…NO! Why am I saying this? The big problem with people who are retiring and those who are retired is that they have to go back to an earlier self.
For the past 30 to 40 years you have focussed on work and have not been who you were when you were younger. Do you remember what you were […]

I’d really like to know what you think. Please write me and let me know:
1. How do you think men and women differ in their retirement?
2. How are men and women the same?
3. If you’re a man, what do you wish you would be doing in retirement?
4. If you’re a women, what do you wish […]

Commitment
“… until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the Providence moves, too.
All sorts of things occur to help one […]

I think there are several reasons why we don’t explore and experiment when we retire and when we’re planning to retire. Here are the reasons I have discovered:

We are steeped in the need to rest from our careers of 30 + years. Of course, you can easily rest and “recuperate”, but at some time within the […]