Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation (Hardcover)

by Tamara Erickson (Author)
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Review
Gone are the days when retirement meant playing golf, gardening, learning a new language or just spending your 9-to-5 on the couch. "We're living in a day and age where the last 30 or so years of your adult life are as important as the first 30..." --The Associated Press, April 1, 2008

Research has indicated that for older adults to succeed in transition, it s better to test the waters than to sit home evaluating your life with checklists and self-assessments...It s only through an iterative process of trying new things that you ll find something that really works for you. --The New York Times, April 21, 2008

Since trudging to the office until age 85 sounds horrific, the question is: What will an enjoyable and fulfilling retirement look like? In her new book, Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation, Tamara Erickson explores boomers' options and offers guidance for achieving them. --Forbes.com, February 28, 2008

Product Description
Good news: there is no need to retire. There is no need to pack up your desk or attend one more retirement party. Why? With the widen gap between the number of workers and demand for talent, employers are looking to keep smart, productive workers in the workplace. The growing talent shortage will allow you to re-negotiate your relationship with work.

The question is how will you make the most of your new career options. By retreating from traditional 9-5 work, or by exploring unconventional ways to stay a part of the workplace? The choice is yours, and Retire Retirement shows you how to think about what you want, and how to get it. In this conversational, optimistic book, you will learn how to negotiate the best work environment for you, how to work with different generations to get the most out of your job, and explore the great opportunities that lie ahead.

This book will help you begin today to create the opportunities that fit your unique needs now and in the years to come!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (January 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1422120597
• ISBN-13: 978-1422120590
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #293,884 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life Lures, May 1, 2008

By	Blythe Mcgarvie "Professional Speaker" (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Work and life is more than the compound word worklife. We need to integrate work and leisure througout our life. Tammy Erickson's Retire Retirement captures the essence of the integrated life. You feel like you are having a conversation with Tammy and can hear her voice in the book. I liked page 113 about the global view of what the ideas of work/leisure cycles are. Also, starting on page 128, there are great ways of selling your ideas.I had not heard "life lures"...that has staying power. Thanks for creating this book. It will serve a lot of needs. I think Gen Y is going to be eager to know what to do. As Tammy writes, `boomer parents, you have loved those little darlings to pieces."

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4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing Look ay Retirement, April 25, 2008

By	J. Battle "e-reviewer" (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Really liked this book. I've read several on this subject and this is the first one that really probes into the "new" retirement paradigm (Love that word). Here is a quote:

"30 years, say from age 55 to 85 is a long time. Its enough time to do "it" all over again - differently, better, and with the benefit of experience and freedom of focus. You may want to attempt a profession you didn't try the first time around. 30 years is plenty of time to go to med school, nursing or law school."

Truth is 60 or 65 is not old and Tamara brings that point home as it relates to the work world.

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Survival Guide for the Third Phase of Life, March 7, 2009

By	John Joyce "Author - The Virtual Trilogy" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

As someone shuffling towards the "Third Phase of Life" I found Tamara Erickson's book an essential guide to planning for an active and involved retirement. Her definition of retirement as "A New Life Stage" is encouraging and the options that she lists are practical pointers towards making the most of the rest of your life.

Buy this book in your mid-to-late fifties, as I did and give yourself plenty of time to not only read, understand and own the ideas she writes about, but to make practical plans for building the springboard you need to actively dive into the exciting possibilities of retirement, rather than passively falling into the abyss of old age.

Of all the advice given in this book, I found Chapter Five on "Reinventing Your Career and Your Life" the most useful. It begins with the profound wisdom of suggesting "Doing What You Want" is the basis for retirement planning and then goes on to treat this in the same way that any executive would approach a business plan, including advice on networking and "Redefining Your Own Brand" - all of which offers a very reassuring and practical approach to defining what you want out of life and going about getting it.

Highly recommended for anyone looking forward, not so much to 'retirement' as to pursuing a life-long dream.