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When Retirees Misjudge Their Desire for Leisure
Marc Freedman on when kicking back is not enough
Have You Got Your Second Wind?
[intro]In America's youth, we loved older people. The early European settlers wore white wigs and cut their clothes to affect a hunched-over posture. In the early census, Americans lied and said they were older than their actual years. A popular saying of the day, "a...
A New Vision for Retirement: Productive and Meaningful
Marc Freedman in the Harvard Business Review on new dynamic models for later life.
The Wall Street Journal Find Yourself Later in Life by Serving Others
Those of us approaching retirement, and many of those already there, often reflect on the meaning of their lives. Many find that meaning through serving others. I wrote a piece on the subject for the Encore section of The Wall Street Journal, which you'll find below....
Harvard Business Review The Dangerous Myth of Reinvention
This year the youngest of the Baby Boomers will turn 50, a landmark in the demographic transformation of American society that makes all the more urgent questions about how best to tap the time, talent, and experience of millions flooding into the second half of life....
Holiday Gift Ideas for Retirees: Books and Trip
What gift would you give a soon-to-be-retiree? MARC FREEDMAN:I'll start by recommending a new book, Jane Pauley'sYour Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life. The volume, drawing on her Today Show interviews with individuals navigating the second half of...
Purpose, legacy and life’s Big Questions
In a ceremony this Thursday in the San Francisco Bay Area, Encore.org will award the 2013 Purpose Prizes to seven extraordinary individuals who have embarked on second acts that help solve some of the world's toughest problems. They may be remarkable, but they are not...
Encore Fellowships Program Top 5 Finalist for Eisner Award
The Encore Fellows program is honored as one of the top five finalists for the 2013 Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence.
A New Vision for Midlife and Beyond
You've most likely encountered Prudential's Day One stories campaign, telling us we need to prepare for a seemingly endless retirement. On billboards and bus posters, in radio and television ads, Prudential says we'll be retired for 6,000 days or many more after...
The $100,000 Purpose Prize 2013 Nominations Open Now
The Purpose Prize honors individuals making a monument out of what many consider the leftover years, not only finding personal meaning but doing creative and entrepreneurial work aimed at solving fundamental problems facing the nation and the world today. All in their...