Book description
Silences the worry financially successful people have over retirement
while offering them exciting new ways to think about and plan for a
life after work
Moving beyond the world of work can be an anxious, fearful time for
accomplished professionals fraught with uncertainty and indecision.
Do I have enough money to live the life I want? Will I be healthy
and able to manage any health problems that arise so that I can live
the life I want? Will I be lonely? What kind of life do I want to
live? These are the pressing questions they ask themselves and
seek answers for. Yet most books on retirement focus mainly on the
financial aspects of life after work, offering little of value to
those who are financially secure. Beyond Work was written for
accomplished people who feel financially secure enough to retire, but
who are at a loss when it comes to planning their futures. It gives
them the tools to think about all the other important aspects of
retirement, so they can make a successful transition to and find
meaning and satisfaction in retirement.
- Explores the four challenges that must be met in order to have a
fulfilling retirement: financial, physical, social, and personal
- Packed with inspiring and instructive real-life retirement
stories and practical tools that assist readers in making the
transition to life after work
Like most career-focused people
Dr. Bill Roiter
had not really thought much about retirement until something happened:
many of his clients began to ask him his ideas on the subject. Over
the past 30 years Bill, a psychologist, has used his knowledge of
human behavior to consult to organizations and to coach their
executives. Many of the people Bill has known and worked with over the
years are retiring or are contemplating it. Many have asked Bill what
they should know and think about as they move beyond their
work-focused lives. Then four years ago Bill's wife retired from her
corporate job and focused Bill's attention on the personal, as well as
the professional, aspects of this dynamic part of life. This book is
the result of Bill's work with these accomplished people.
Bill
maintains his own executive coaching practice in the Boston area. In
2004, he coauthored a book with Margaret Butteriss that identified and
described
Corporate MVPs (Wiley, 2004). He has also owned and
sold two businesses, been a vice president for sales and marketing of
a publicly traded company, and helped found a venture capital-backed
electronic communications company. For the past 12 years Bill has
focused his work on coaching executives as they transition to their
next challenge.
Bill's professional training includes a
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree from Boston University and
post-doctoral training and teaching at Harvard University. Bill also
teaches executive coaching to professionals looking to develop this
expertise.
