Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW

Live Smart After 50!

The Experts’ Guide to Life Planning for Uncertain Times

If you are looking for a book that provides tools & resources, thought provoking ideas for what to do with your time and energy after 50, and a wealth of knowledge for working with people transitioning to “life after full time employment” …. then this is the book for you.  I highly recommend this book for any coach, advisor, counselor, or practitioner who works with this population.

Chapters include how to help people look at their passions, interests, and how they determine where they want to spend their time and energy, and also covers financial considerations, legal matters, housing / community, up to and including possible barriers for people.

Dr. Richard Wiseman has some very interesting research showing how some people are luckier than others and why.

It may be hard to believe you can PROVE luck and that some people have more luck than others, but he does it. He then proceeds to discuss four principles that are key to creating luck.

Principle One: Maximize Your Chance Opportunities.  Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in life

Principle Two: Listen to Your Lucky Hunches.  Lucky people make successful decisions by using their intuition and gut feelings.