Reboot!: What to do when your career is over but your life isn't
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1770672990 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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For men and women navigating life's transitions, striving to finish well, 'Reboot!' provides a roadmap for living a life of meaning, challenging the reader to be a "booter", not a retiree. 'Reboot!' identifies five different types of work: 'in-kind,' 'volunteer,' 'Samaritan,' 'enrichment,' and 'paid work.' 'Booters' who incorporate one or more of these types of work into their post-career lifestyle will, according to Burgess, live longer, live better, and die faster - avoiding boredom, aimless busy-ness, diminished self-worth and the anguish (and cost) of lingering death. With the promises of Social Security and Medicare about to be broken, 'Reboot!' provides an upbeat an
Jim Z. said Read REBOOT!. Philip M. Burgess Ph.D. has a revolution on his hands - a revolution in thinking about life changes.Dr. Burgess, through his own experience as a successful businessman and his thoughtful analysis of demographic changes, economic realities and self-fulfillment, has crafted a blueprint for people to remain active, productive - and happy - in what society has taught us to believe are our "declining years."The result is "RE. "Scripting your life for your post-career years" according to Lectrice. This is a great book for anyone in their 50s. You're still a ways off from retirement but have become very aware that your career will taper off some day not too far off, so why not start planning for it? Phil Burgess makes the case that the planning will make all the difference to the important last Scripting your life for your post-career years This is a great book for anyone in their 50s. You're still a ways off from retirement but have become very aware that your career will taper off some day not too far off, so why not start planning for it? Phil Burgess makes the case that the planning will make all the difference to the important last 30 or so years of your life. And he's not talking in a financial way, but in a pretty basic "feeling useful" kind of way.. 0 or so years of your life. And he's not talking in a financial way, but in a pretty basic "feeling useful" kind of way.. A terrific read! Factual, humorous, stimulating! Totally re-calibrates the concept of retirement. Having made the somewhat difficult transition from a 3A terrific read! DJ Factual, humorous, stimulating! Totally re-calibrates the concept of retirement. Having made the somewhat difficult transition from a 34-year career to post-career years, I identified and agreed with many of his points, and found myself saying "yes, that's absolutely right!" If I had read this book before making my transition, my transition would have gone much smoother.This is a "must read" for anyone preparing for the. -year career to post-career years, I identified and agreed with many of his points, and found myself saying "yes, that's absolutely right!" If I had read this book before making my transition, my transition would have gone much smoother.This is a "must read" for anyone preparing for the