Tag: #phasedretirement

As I’ve been writing and thinking about this different approach to retirement – a phased approach where there’s a blended time of working and more personal time – there are some books that have been very helpful.  Other resources like articles are helpful, as is talking with people and hearing their perspectives and insights.  But, there’s something about a full-length…

For active professionals, the concept of retirement has undergone a significant transformation. Traditionally seen as a definitive end to work, retirement now presents an opportunity to leverage personal strategic planning for continued productivity beyond a full-time career. Retirement shouldn’t be viewed as the end of one’s productive life, but simply as a transition into a new phase. To make the…

Why Retirement Isn’t the Answer (But Finding Your Why After Work Is) Forget the retirement brochures promising endless sunsets and golf courses. These images paint a picture of leisure, but what about purpose? Simon Sinek, author of the popular business book, “Start With Why,” would argue that true fulfillment comes not from escaping your work, but from finding your “why”…

We’re in the middle of Mental Health Awareness month. I’ve written on this topic before as it relates to retirement, but I think it deserves mention again. Retirement can create scenarios that can chip away at our mental well being. Retirement can be an isolating experience despite the positive image it often has. The image can be portrayed as vast…

That’s 40 years of work (from roughly age 20 to age 60) at around 2000 hours of work every year. Man oh man! This isn’t meant to depress you… It’s to get you focused and starting to consider how to ratchet that number down after putting in that much time. Or to be ready if the choice to be done…

If you’ve been a high-profile football coach all your life and it’s defined everything about you, who are you when you retire? It’s a question that Nick Saban, the 72-year old former coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide is likely mulling over these days. Saban retired from his head coaching job at the University of Alabama in January and went…