Customize...don't minimize...Your Retirement
7 Paths to Explore Possibilities, Choices and Your Future Happiness
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We know you are questioning your future and wondering what is around the next curve. There are lots of advisors telling Boomers how to prepare for their future years. Most of that advice is centered on one’s financial well-being, not one’s mental and emotional well-being.
When the authors themselves were debating what to do in their own retirement, they searched for advice and counsel from books and other sources. The vast majority of information available was centered on financial planning. It is well to heed this advice, but we felt that something was missing. Money is definitely important, but there is more to the retirement years. And, as we became more frustrated with not finding information that could meet our needs, we asked friends and colleagues what their experience has been on the topic of the non-financial aspects of retirement. We discovered that they too had been struggling with the same sorts of questions:
· How do I make better decisions about the future?
· How do I get my future “on track”?
· How do I adjust my housing to my changing needs?
· Who will I be in this new phase of my life?
· Will I be valued if I no longer work?
· Will I be fulfilled if I really “gear down”?
· How do I turn my dreams into reality?
· What will make me happy?
· Will my family and friends react favorably to my plans for my future lifestyle?
· How do I adjust my finances to correspond to my needs?
We then realized that people were hungry for information and advice about their future and we decided to meet this need with the creation of this book.
The authors developed over 80 exercises that you can choose to use in creating a future plan for yourself. These exercises are available to you so that you can pick and choose the ones most suited to your own life situation. No need to feel overwhelmed by the number of exercises. Some of these may not feel relevant to your experience or lifestyle. You can just choose to skip those and go on to others. We know you have limited time so we have designed the book and the exercises for self-discovery and as a catalyst to discussion with the important people in your life.
Both authors have extensive background in the field of human resources, and especially in career management and career development. As coaches and advisors to hundreds of clients over the years, we realize how difficult it is to manage significant transitions in one’s life. Moving into the retirement years can be an extremely challenging transition. Whether one chooses to continue working, to change career
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“Customize…don’t minimize…Your Retirement”© is a self-help guide to assist you in mapping out your journey into the retirement years. No longer does retirement mean just “kick-back” and lead the leisure life. Most of us would not feel fulfilled by doing little. Careers typically have given us a sense of purpose. Perhaps, because of this, about 80% of Boomers state that they will be working in some capacity during their retirement years. In retirement, we want to continue having a life filled with enjoyment; but also, one of purpose and a feeling of being valued by others.
Given that the transition into retirement is an individualized journey, it deserves your personal attention to make it “all it can be.” Life can be complicated and retirement will involve new challenges, as well as opportunities for change. Whether it is relationships with spouse and others; what to do with your time; creating a new identity; working, not working or changing careers; making health and housing choices; or managing the financial potholes; this very readable book, containing many unique and thought-provoking exercises, is guaranteed to help you focus and create ways to build a happier future.
About the Author
Diane “Dee” Burman and Don Strauss together have over 70 years experience assisting individuals in career transition. Facing retirement themselves, they studied and summarized the changing landscape of retirement. Their research forms the basis of this book.
Diane “Dee” Burman is Co-Founder/Director of the
Donald Strauss is a career and change management consultant, having worked in the human resources and organization development/change management fields in Fortune 100 companies for over 40 years. Mr. Strauss’s wide-ranging responsibilities included oversight of succession planning, management and leadership development, high potential development and training and development. While active as a consultant with a large consulting firm, Mr. Strauss had clients that included Fortune 100 companies, non-profits and municipalities. He is currently on the staff of the