Readiness for retirement occurs on multiple levels over years. Financial planning, while the foundation of a comfortable retirement cannot assure the fulfilling meaningful and satisfying retirement individuals work so hard to achieve. When individuals begin a financial plan for retirement, typically late 30s early 40s, it is not too early to begin evaluating your life-work. There are self-discovery tools that can offer clarity of the work that best fits who you are not just what you can do. Begin early to explore your natural talents, things you do better than 90% of the people you know. Work using our talents reduces our stress levels no matter how difficult it may seem for the next person. The value of an assessment instrument is based on the personal insight you gain. Self-knowledge is like cleaning the window through which you view the world. Our personal filters keep us from seeing our lives and behaviors from all angles. Like smudges that block our view. Only one-third of pre-retirees, based on recent surveys have a comprehensive strategy for retirement. Begin NOW to ask and answer the following questions that have delayed the retirements, of others for years, because they did not take time to find answers to these 5 key questions: 1. Do I want to work in retirement, will this work require current knowledge and skills or something new?
2. Have I developed the professional and social network I will need for success in my new work and life style?
3. Are my plans for retirement in sync with my spouses?
4. Have I identified what will give each day meaning?
5. How will I know I am ready to transition? Far too many retirees who delay retirements because one or more of these questions remained unanswered and unresolved, find themselves feeling pushed aside at work, diminished, and finally literally replaced. Physical and emotional health suffer and finally they just leave angry and still unprepared Find a coach,or a role model of a successful retiree. You do not have to talk with your role model, just observe, read about and imagine what you could do to create the life of retirement success you think they have. We all know our perfect answer of what we need to do next to be successful. Remember a coach is trained and experienced in helping individuals define success take steps and create the results they want. With the right support, you can be a retiree who joins and increases the mere 38% of 21,000 retirees surveyed worldwide, who happily describe their retirement as empowered, carefree and content. Take charge and avoid becoming part of the larger group of retirees, who now label their retirement as boring, sad, a struggle and uncertain. |
