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by Marc Freedman Marc Freedman's new book on exploring alternatives for professional fulfillment later in life is a compelling argument for working where and at something you enjoy. He dispels the myths that most Americans want their years from fifty to seventy-five filled with bridge, fishing, and golf. Especially baby boomers who are active, fit and redefining fifty as the new thirty. Freedman expands on the common career norm today, one that has more than a singular path and evolves over one's life. If you're looking for some tried-and-true ways to proactively redefine your life, pick up this book, which, in addition to the author's excellent insight, offers real first-person accounts of how the golden men and women have changed their careers, some after many years in the same capacity. I especially enjoyed the chapter on Inventing the Golden Years. Beginning with the history of retirement, Mr. Freedman chronicles the social culture of retirement, and how it is has moved away from a cultural obsolescence into a stimulating conclusion to a full life. He makes an important observation that with the aging of the boomers, our society can't afford to have nearly one-quarter of the population in a leisure class, one that is based in the knowledge that one is free to work and not steeped in the old view that retirement was freedom from work. Bravo! |
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