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Retirement is Not the Finish Line
Many people dream about their retirement day. During especially challenging weeks at work they may even start counting down the years, or months, or even the days. Others either don’t have a specific timeframe in mind, or can’t understand why someone would want to ‘check out’ and be idle when they have a vibrant career option that challenges them, leverages…
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Prelude to Thanksgiving
Today’s post is a slight departure from my typical focus on career, retirement, networking and related opportunities. But I think you’ll agree that it’s somewhat connected. With pilgrims, turkeys, and pumpkin pie advertisements and images all around, I’ve been thinking about the Thanksgiving holiday. Since this is a US-based article, I’m pondering Thanksgiving on November 24th. Our Canadian neighbors to…
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Phased Retirement: Live Younger
My alma mater, Saint John’s University, in Collegeville, MN was home to the winningest coach in college football history, John Gagliardi. He retired at age 86 with a total of 489 wins over a career that lasted six decades. The award for the outstanding football player in NCAA Division 3 – the equivalent of the Heisman Trophy – is the…
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Phased Retirement: The Three Paths
Part of the beauty behind a phased approach to retirement is that you can craft it to meet your own needs. You may want to shift from full-time work to part-time consulting, or lend your talents to a non-profit or to the energy of a startup. But how do you focus your thoughts and find the best fit for your…
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Phased Retirement: Be a Freshman Again
When you enter the ranks of the retired – or even semi-retired – you’ll be starting a new phase of life as a beginner. Just like your time in high school and perhaps college your journey begins as a freshman (or ‘first year’ as they say now). Things during those first 12 months were mostly new and sometimes tough to…
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Phased Retirement: Always Be a Student
To mix it up a bit, today I posted my thoughts as a LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phased-retirement-always-student-dan-mcdermott/?trackingId=7S1YWGN79awqH5dLBaut0A%3D%3D
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