
Your Third Act
A Guide to a Great Retirement
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Andrew Bergen
About this listen
Retirement triggers many changes in our life and prompts new questions. What will it mean to be retired? What do I have to do to be ready? How will my life be different? What are the risks and rewards of this stage of my journey? Will these be my golden years? How will my relationships change? If you are already retired, what can you do to make this the most satisfying time of your life?
A play or movie has three acts. The way a story finishes leaves an audience satisfied or disappointed. Whether your first two acts have been great, mediocre, or difficult, you can still choose to make your third act a great one. The baby boom generation is already entering the third act of their story.
Geriatric psychiatrist William S. Cook, Jr., MD, along with motivational speaker Grant D. Fairley explore the challenges and opportunities of the retirement years.
What you need to know about:
Finding Satisfaction - Staying Young - Family - Retirement - Purpose - Health - Friendships - Perspective - Aging Well - Meaning - Choices - Opportunities - Generations - Grief - Service - Relationships - Legacy.
How will you use the resources of time, knowledge, and experience that you have accumulated? After a lifetime spent seeking, discovering, and achieving - what is left? What can you do to make the years ahead, your best yet? What will you choose to do with the time you have left? If you are approaching retirement, already retired, or want to understand those who are - this book is for you.
©2017 Silverwood Publishing - a division of McK Consulting Inc. (P)2021 Silverwood Publishing - a division of McK Consulting Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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