How to Start a Consulting Business After 50: 6 Tips You Need to Know
Before I retired from my corporate career, I thought that starting a business meant finding a big idea, developing a product, hiring staff and setting out to “make the world a better place.” Like most people, I saw the stories of companies like Facebook and Google and believed that starting a company required a hard-to-find combination of business and technical skills. Read More
4 Painful Truths About Retiring Abroad That I Learned the Hard Way
I didn’t mean to retire in Switzerland. Instead, retiring abroad was a happy accident. After spending more than four decades in corporate jobs, I found myself out of work for the first time. One of my sons was living in Switzerland and the other had settled in Scotland. In addition, my marriage had ended several years earlier, so, there really wasn’t a strong incentive for me to stay in the U.S. Read More
7 Great Reasons to Volunteer Overseas Over 60
So here we are at the next phase in our lives. We’re retired. Most of us are reasonably healthy, full of life and engaged in the world. We want to make a positive difference, do something special and meaningful…
Read MoreHow to Reach Your Peak Performance After 60
Have you ever felt like an ant pushing a boulder up a mountain?
A deadline for an important project is looming. You’re pushing hard to get this completed, but you can’t seem to make any progress. Read More
Tapping into the Gig Economy and Working as an Independent Contractor in Your 60s
The gig economy? What is that? It is simply a technical word for the economy that absorbs a number of part-time and flexi-time workers into employment on a contractual basis, via the Internet. Read More
Finding Friends in Your 60s is Magical… Here’s How to Do it!
In the book about downsizing called The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, it’s suggested that you discard items in your home that don’t bring you joy. The same could be said about friends, I suppose…
Read MoreIs Retirement Shock Killing Some Seniors? These Researchers Say Yes!
As many of us have learned the hard way, retiring is a shock to the system. Put aside the fact that many of us are forced to retire earlier than we would have liked to. The very act of retiring sends many of us into a stress-induced spin. Read More
Recent Stock Market Rollercoaster Has Seniors Scared… Here’s What We Can Do About it!
Well, that got out of hand quickly. That’s what I thought as I watched the Dow fall 1,175 (4.6%) on Monday, February 6th, 2018. Then, like many people with an interest in global economic affairs, I sat back and watched chaos erupt in markets around the world. As of the writing of this article, Japan’s Nikkei has plunged 4.7% and London’s FTSE 100 is down 3%. Read More
Who’s in Your Posse? How to Bring Positive Friendships into Your Life After 50
Posse: a group of people who have a common characteristic, occupation or purpose.
Post holidays is a good time to reassess who you spend your time with. Think about it as you look back at the past six weeks. Read More
It’s Never Too Late to Find Love and a New Career
We go through life constantly wondering. When will it happen? When will I find the right man or partner or that next job or career? We’re always wanting and waiting, but never feeling sure or complete. Perhaps 2018 is your time to find what you are looking for. Read More