CHANGING
COURSE: Navigating Life after 50 **
William
A. Sadler, Ph.D. and James
H. Krefft, Ph.D.
Man
65: I don’t want to spend the rest of my life winding down. I’m
on an upward curve. Can I stay on it? How?
Woman
60: I don’t tell people I’m retired. If I do, people respond to
me like I’m in the bin with last week’s lettuce. So I tell them
I’m consulting.
Man
55: We Boomers don’t like aging and retirement –
we’re going to change them, somehow, like we’ve changed most
things we’ve encountered so far.
Woman
55: I sure don’t want to spend the rest of my life elderly like my
Dad; in retirement he mostly
cut grass and rooted out dandelions. Third Age sounds better than
elderly.
This
practical self-help book is designed for people like these who want to
create a different, better second half of life. Based on 20 years of
research tracking innovative individuals, it provides a positive
scenario of new opportunities, as well as challenges that emerge at this
time of life. Part of an
emerging international movement that is redefining aging, Changing
Course focuses on the Third
Age, a long middle
period in the life course made possible by a Longevity Revolution.
It shows how people can experience growth, renewal and
fulfillment in their 50s, 60s, and 70s.
No
one else is making this argument – yet.
Many books on the second half of life focus on creative, vital,
successful aging in the Fourth Age (over 75). Our message addresses the
Third Age. Instead of winding down, here’s how you can change
course.
Principles
of growth also apply to retirement. Most books on retirement focus on
financial planning, location choice, and traveling. There is a need for
a book with a psychological focus that provides the “how to” for
comprehensive lifestyle management.
Changing Course reports on people who have been sustaining
growth as they creatively redefine their retirements.
Readers can learn from them.
Finding
a cure for a common retirement focuses on two key ideas.
People today have the chance to develop Third Age Careers in
which to find fulfillment rather than burnout. The Third Age
provides a chance to shape our work to suit the way we want to live.
The second key idea is that people can transform aging and
redefine retirement by building a Third
Age Life Portfolio,
an ensemble of work, play, and creativity.
With principles, stories, and lessons learned, Changing
Course shows in a step-by-step way how to create a fulfilling second
half of life.
**Book release date
will be announced on this site in late 2007
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