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Retirement: Hearing The Diverse Voices Of Experience

OK. I’ll write about Retirement as you readers requested. But I want to use your examples to begin, your Diverse Voices of Retirement Experience. We often talk inaccurately about Baby Boomers as if they are all similar or even homogenous. … Continue reading

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Baby Boomers Are Running Out of Money and Are Less Healthy

I recently passed a billboard in NYC that extolled the virtues of beginning to seriously save now for retirement. This called to mind two articles a national news agency published recently within 3 days of each other.

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Retirement And The TV Remote

I received the following email from a good friend and highly active, admirable woman: “Haven’t seen you do anything on retirement. Especially men who most of their ideas on retirement is having a full time relationship with the T.V. “Lord … Continue reading

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Men Over 50, Fire, Knives, Food, Hunting and Gathering

Good friends of ours want to sell their large house and buy a condo. The Realtor asked the wife what she wanted in her new condo kitchen. “I’m retired. Ask my husband. He cooks,” was the reply. A kitchen designer … Continue reading

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Retired But Still Looking For A New Career After 50

[I just received this email from someone who has chosen to retire at 58. But it doesn't mean that he's happy with the choice or that he's done working...]

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3 Factors Leading To Better Performance and Satisfaction

Daniel H. Pink, the American writer, speechwriter, and motivational speaker, cited significant research that challenged a very popular workplace notion: rewarding behavior we want in the workplace will result in more of it while punishing behavior we don’t want in … Continue reading

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A Good Short Term Approach That Sucks in the Long Term

(I just received this email.) Dear George, I have finally gotten around to opening your last email and started reading.

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7 Reasons Why You Can’t Always Get The Job You Want After 50

(and there is hope…)

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10 Insider Tips for Starting A Business After 50

Starting a business after 50 is about reinventing yourself, professionally. This is NOT the same as starting from scratch. Reinvention means bring the best of yourself forward and leaving what you no longer need behind.

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Whatever I Do, It Must Be Fun

(a letter from a reader) Dear George, Discovering my inner person at this time in my life, and how I want to live now that I’ve entered a new plateau, is an interesting question.

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