Product Description

"If you’re anything like me, on your 55th birthday you began to worry about the prospect of retirement: loss of income, loss of status, loss of human contact; and worse, potential boredom. But after a lot of anxious reading, heart searching and research I’ve realised there’s no need to worry. Pensioners are becoming a powerful group in our society and the future looks good if you know how to make the most of the opportunities available to you. Enjoy retirement is written out of both experience and passion. Retirement’s going to be great, I promise you!" Janet Butwell

What it’s about
Janet Butwell reveals 52 brilliant ideas on how to keep your body working at its best, how to keep your mind active and alert, and how to use retirement years to make your personal mark on the world. Find out how to:
• Burn the pipe and slippers and discover the world is your oyster
• Describe and become the new you. Out with the ‘I used to be someone, but now I’m retired’ type thinking
• Avoid becoming a stereotype.
• Take responsibility for yourself, and even better, help others
• Deal with the death. Losing a person you love is the hardest thing you’ll ever have to do. Here are some ideas to help you grieve
• Retire to work - finding a second career that works for you.

With the 52 Brilliant Ideas series readers can enhance their existing skills with negligible investment of time or money and will substantially improve their performance over the course of a year. Each of the 52 chapters tackles a single aspect of the subject in an entertaining and lively way. At the end of each chapter is a "how did it go?" feature which allows readers to reflect on the lesson in a classical experiential learning pattern. The tone of each book is personal and informal; readers will feel as thought they are having a one-to-one with their favourite coach.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #381845 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages