Remember those exhausting, yet sometimes exhilarating, moments at college arguing over life’s existential questions with fellow students? What am I going to do with my life? How can we make a difference? Was Einstein right that God doesn’t play with di… Continue reading
Recently, I was on a coast-to-coast flight with a lot of disgruntled passengers. Our scheduled departure had been delayed by five hours, and then was further delayed by a “technical problem.” The pilot gave the usual apologies, but it did little to ste… Continue reading
Last week, I spent four days at the American Society on Aging’s 2019 Aging in America Conference and the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, both in New Orleans. My goal: to learn and report on the latest news and trends concerning money, work and vol… Continue reading
Sheila Peyraud, a newly retired tech executive, saw herself as savvy when she returned to campus last fall. Then the University of Minnesota Advanced Careers (UMAC) fellow came face-to-face with all she doesn’t know in the class What American Dream? Ch… Continue reading
(This column is adapted from the first chapter of Purpose and a Paycheck: Finding Meaning, Money, and Happiness in the Second Half of Life by Chris Farrell. The book will be published by HarperCollins Leadership on February 5, 2019.) The association o… Continue reading
It looks like 2019 will be a promising year for workers: Unemployment remains at a historic low (3.7 percent) and wages are inching upwards. To help you make the most of this still-hot economy, here are six new books that can help you be happier at wor… Continue reading
At the national Encore.org conference I just attended in Los Angeles, focused on ways people in the second half of life can make the world a better place, I was struck by what I heard at one particular session. “There has to be a demand in the marketpl… Continue reading
Marc Freedman, the president and CEO of Encore.org who coined the term “encore career” has just written a book, How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations (Public Affairs/Hachette). Here, Encore.org talks with him about why, … Continue reading