Don’t Retire,REWIRE!, 2E
$5.99
- ISBN13: 9781592576890
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Product Description
80% plan to work after retirement … here’s the guide you need.
A recent AARP survey found that 80% of baby boomers plan to continue working in some form past the age of 65—either for the money or for the fun of it. Today’s retirees are looking for work situations that are mentally and emotionally rewarding. The problem is that many are not sure how to find them. This new edition helps you define what kind of work is best suited for your passi… More >>
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Don’t Retire,REWIRE!, 2E
Good advice to get the creative juices flowing. Real life examples were particularly helpful, some inspirational. Much work to do, applying the pearls of wisdom… Identifying my Passion, ensuring it fits my Personality and fills my Pocket. It is good to know that I’m not alone. Now it’s back to work figuring out how I will successfuly Rewire!
Rating: 3 / 5
This is one of the better books I’ve read on planning for life after ‘work’. The exercises are quite useful in helping you analyze what is satisfying to you and motivating yourself to take action. My quibbles are small – the first two chapters are so predictable and repetitive that I got bored and almost quit reading, and, very annoyingly, the word ‘rewire’ is italicized every time it appears – a bit of hype that cheapens the substantiveness of the text. But whatever – these flaws don’t take away from the usefulness of this book if you’re floundering around knowing you don’t want to spend the next 25 years on the golf course but aren’t able to figure out what to do after you get the gold watch (ha!).
Rating: 4 / 5
I am enjoying this book. It would be very good for those who have never considered these issues before. For those who have, a more in-depth analysis would be better for weighing all the big issues. It came from an independent seller and it is in good condition at a good price.
Rating: 4 / 5
With all the doom and gloom nowadays around retirement — Social Security is going bust!, Aging is a drag! Healthcare costs are skyrocketing! — we seem to have buried the lead which is the good news that we are living longer than at any other time in human history. And it is from this premise that Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miner’s passionate book takes off. Rather than seeing the post-work years as an ending, they see it as a new beginning. This simple paradigm shift then alters so much of what mainstream culture has led us to believe about what happens after 65 (the authors even question the very concept of there needing to be a “retirement age.”)
In addition to being ready financially, the authors stress how vital it is to be prepared emotionally — and not just in the classic sense of accepting that our identity will not be coming anymore from out job title — but more profoundly of moving into who we want to be in this next phase in life. From this vantage point the authors then launch into a series of practical steps, checklists, and personal inventories readers can work through. All of which are corroborated with story after story of people who successfully made the paradigm shift.
Practical, inspiring, and with unexpected insights this book could change your life.
Rating: 5 / 5
“Don’t Retire, Rewire!” is an excellent title for this practical resource for people of any age who are thinking ahead to a “working retirement.” The authors’ Rewire theme is brilliant because it is upbeat, easy to articulate and to understand. Their breezy writing style includes many personal anecdotes that makes it a pleasure — even fun — to carry on through the book. The organization is efficient and the tips are wonderful. This book taught me a lot about how to think about this phase of my life to my great advantage, and I am over seventy! Sally Paynter
Rating: 5 / 5