Refire! Don't Retire
by Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz
A parable about a couple in their sixties rediscovering purpose emotionally, intellectually, physically and spiritually. Gentle, a little thin, and aimed at exactly the reader who is drifting after a career.
Read it if…
you are approaching or in retirement and feel aimless.
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Skip it if…
you are mid-career.
Try instead: The Year of Less →
Three things you will actually use
- Retirement is a beginning if you design it.
- Four fires: emotional, intellectual, physical, spiritual.
- Say yes to new things on purpose.
Do this first
Read it and plan one new 'refire' activity in each of the four areas.
Our verdict
Purpose after the career.
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