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Phased Retirement: Throwback Thursday
I started writing about phased retirement over one year ago. One of my first posts was on LinkedIn and was titled, “Retire Slowly: Land the Plane.” I hadn’t yet surveyed people – both informally and on platforms like LinkedIn – for what the best term to describe a gradual retirement might be. ‘Phased Retirement’ was the eventual winner. That post…
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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: 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: A Failure to Communicate
The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously said, “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” We tend to think we’re pretty good communicators, definitely above average. But most of us have had someone tell us, “You weren’t clear about that…” Or perhaps, “I can’t read your mind!” So, while we think we’ve been…
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Phased Retirement: A Bad Time to Retire?
With the recent steep market downturns I’ve been reading more articles about whether this is a bad time to retire? If your nest egg has suffered, will you have enough to live on comfortably? Will the markets go even lower? Will inflation continue to diminish your purchasing power? Well, as they say, it sells papers. But if 2 or 3…
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