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July 22, 2018 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

The Couple’s Retirement Puzzle. By Roberta K. Taylor and Dorian Mintzer

The Couple's Retirement Puzzle. 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together I have known Dori Mintzer for awhile now and in the fall of 2017 I finally had the pleasure to meet her in person. We were both presenters at a Boomer Conference in Portland Maine. We had a wonderful lunch sitting outdoors enjoying a beautiful fall day. She gave me this book and signed it for me "Enjoy your journey". Dori and Roberta have written a very upbeat, optimistic, practical book … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Boomers, retirement, working with boomers

October 9, 2017 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Why our Mindset Regarding Boomers in the Workforce Needs To Change.

The answer is: “Labor force demographics” The question: What is the train wreck coming our way that few businesses are doing anything about it? You may have seen some of this before but here are a few *demographics. 10,000 Boomers per day turning 65 until 2020 Life expectancy at age 65 is +/- 83 Growth of the labor force for 16-24 years is projected to DECLINE by 2024 This means that the percentage of people 55 and older is INCREASING in that time frame!! **While many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: advising boomers, Boomers, labor shortage, working with boomers

February 13, 2017 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Interview with Marc Miller from Career Pivot

Here is a summary of my interview with Marc Miller talking about podcasts on January 19,2017 Marc Miller is the owner of CareerPivot providing support and resources for Boomers in transition. Marc and I chatted last summer and he turned me on to listening to podcasts. Since then he has started his own podcast giving advice to Boomers looking for a change and interviewing experts in the career field to help Boomers reinvent themselves. The two times Marc and I have video-conferenced it has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Interviews Tagged With: Boomers, podcasts, professional development

November 7, 2016 by Jim Peacock 2 Comments

Ahhhh…retirement. Hey WAIT A MINUTE!!!

“The future ain’t what it used to be.”  Yogi Berra “Retirement ain’t what it used to be.”  Jim Peacock First off, ‘retirement’ is clearly not the correct word. I don’t think we have found the right word yet but they also didn’t know what to call young people in their teens in the early 1900’s until a psychologist studied them and came up with “teenager” sometime in the 1920’s.  *(Did you know that it was the automobile and the freedom it gave this age group that helped create “teenagers”? That … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: Boomers, finding meaning, finding purpose, purpose in life, transitions, working with boomers

November 7, 2016 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Interview with Dorian Mintzer, Life and Retirement Transition Coach

November 2, 2016 This is a summary of my interview with Dorian Mintzer a Therapist, Life and Retirement Transition Coach, Relationship Coach, Executive Coach, Teacher, Author and Speaker. She works with individuals and couples and help them navigate pre-retirement and retirement transition issues. She also consults with Financial Planners and other professionals to help their clients and is an author of a number of books on retirement. Dori has enrolled in a two of my online seminars, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Interviews Tagged With: Boomers, Encore Career, transitions, working with boomers

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