Retirement: Different by Design: Six Building Blocks Fundamentally Changing How Life After Work is Viewed, Planned For, and Live

Description

On the Road to Retirement is an essential guide for re-envisioning creating a post-work life filled with meaning and purpose. Transforming Retirement One Building Block at a Time Retirement is more than the absence of work-it's a different way of life requiring new vision, new purpose, and new life perspectives. You see, retirement is too important to leave to luck or circumstance; we have to plan and make them happen-our way. Your bridge to the "other side of work," Retirement- Different By Design presents two dynamic and innovative templates for moving seamlessly into retirement and beyond-"Retirement's Ages and Stages" and "Retirement's Six Fundamental Building Blocks." Providing practical strategies and answers, not more questions, each chapter delivers insights, tools, narratives, and models for making retirement the best years of the rest of our lives. And, it's not always about the money. Indeed, we all can live socially rich, emotionally balanced, intellectually nourishing, healthful, and physically active retirements no matter the size of our bank accounts-this is the new retirement reality thatRetirement- Different By Designoffers the soon-to-be and the already retired. RETIREMENT'S SIX FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS . Physical and Emotional Health and Well-Being . Financial Security and Continuity . Life Transition and Acceptance . Intergenerational Life Engagement . Intellectual and Physical Pursuits, Interests, and Activities . Spirituality, Meaning, Family, and Legacy

Rick Steiner, Ph.D. is a recognized university leader, organizational and management expert, consultant, and author. He has worked with US and foreign governments, foundations, and corporations to make communities and nations better custodians of their peoples' futures. A recovering workaholic, Dr. Rick is now retired and keeping himself happily occupied by working as a professional ski instructor, writing, consulting, sailing, riding his bicycle, and always seeking his next adventure; and, most of all, enjoying the ride wherever it takes him.

"Any book on retirement planning that does not begin with a discussion of money is off to a good start, at least to our thinking. And so it is with Retirement: Different by Design." -The Wall Street Journal "With its specifics on psychological, financial and lifestyle changes, there's no better book to give the nearly-newly retired than Retirement: Different by Design; it's about making the most of change and accepting the attitude adjustments that come with it. [The book] explains and explores the entire process and offers many concrete keys to making the most of this end result, and should be read by any who contemplate making this big change." -Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Reviews "Whether you are a war baby late to the retirement table or a baby boomer anticipating retirement, Retirement: Different by Design provides very useful guidelines to consider. [The book] inspires the reader to take and maintain a positive attitude towards this important phase of life, and to develop an agenda that will make these years meaningful. The writing is filled with good humor and wisdom." -Dr. Risa Palm, Georgia State University