Category: Retire Slowly

  • Dan McDermott

    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…

  • Dan McDermott

    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…

  • Dan McDermott

    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…

  • Dan McDermott

    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…

  • Dan McDermott

    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

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: Savor the Journey

    Recently I wrote about anticipating retirement (link) and the joy that the mere expectation can bring.  It conjures up happy emotions similar to the time you might spend planning for a vacation.  Spending time visualizing what you’ll be doing, planning out trips you may take or hobbies to pursue. But as I was reflecting on that article I realized that…