http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber "How much money is enough?" is a great question to ponder in your journey to an encore career. And, it is even more important if your retirement nest egg has taken a serious hit in the current economic climate. Money i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1260414_36.html 26th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Are you starting to get a stronger sense of the "real" you? Are you ready to explore some of the many options available to you in the wonderful world of encore careers? Remember, I define an encore career as a new st... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1248221_24.html 24th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Whether we like it or not, we live in the information age. And, because we're people of, ahem, a certain age, we're carrying around a wealth of valuable information. What if there was a cost effective way to package you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1247575_3.html 24th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber As you begin to evaluate your encore career, it is important to establish your core values as a tool for discovering your encore career. The next step is to determine what skills or expertise you have that align with wh... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1232587_36.html 14th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber I strongly believe it's important to go on an internal journey to discover what you really want to be doing in your encore career. This is especially important if in previous transitions you made decisions based on what... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1090063_24.html 16th September 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber One of the most powerful tools for determining what you really want in your encore career (and life) is clarifying your personal values. But, what exactly do I mean by values? I like to think of values as those thing... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1080043_24.html 11th September 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Of course retirement is scary. Whether you've chosen to retire - or been forced to - you still find yourself facing the great unknown. The current economy makes it even scarier. At the same time you have an amazing... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1029232_24.html 10th August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber So what exactly is an encore career? In a nutshell, it's a new stage of work, post-retirement, that's purposeful, meaningful, and joyful. It's work on your own terms. Work that matters. Are you ready to roll up your ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1019165_24.html 04th August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Okay. You're not as young as you used to be. The job market is shrinking along with your 401k. You need to keep working. If you've been downsized (or if you know deep in your soul that you just can't keep doing wh... http://www.articlealley.com/article_968734_24.html 06th July 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber You're leaving your current career behind, either because it's time to move on or you've been retired before you're ready. You want to (or have to) continue to work. You can't imagine spending the next decade or more do... http://www.articlealley.com/article_966616_24.html 05th July 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Whether you want to (or have to) continue working, or you're set financially and eager to donate your time, wisdom, experience and resources to a cause that you find worthy, don't waste this opportunity to create your i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_895545_24.html 15th May 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Spring has definitely sprung in the Northeast: the weather is warming, days are longer, and it's time for a fresh start. Have your encore career plans been hibernating for too long? Are you ready for a new approach to... http://www.articlealley.com/article_875551_24.html 01st May 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber As a business woman, I take an annual retreat each December to reflect on the past year, review my three-year vision, and plan the coming year. It was my brilliant Virtual Assistant Donna Gunter who first turned me on t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_871841_24.html 28th April 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber I had an interesting conversation with a woman at a networking event recently. She's 58, doesn't want to retire in the traditional sense, but wants to create an encore career that is more aligned with who she is at thi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_827797_24.html 17th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber I love my birthday. Always have. I guess that's because I love to celebrate, and because it's my own special day of the year. It also helps that I share my birthday with my adored Grandma Alcorn who was a human dynam... http://www.articlealley.com/article_826401_24.html 13th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber You've been told you're "retiring", and while you certainly don't want to stop working, with the state of the economy, you now have to work. Your confidence is badly shaken, the job market is shrinking, and you're at... http://www.articlealley.com/article_816859_24.html 10th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber You're smart, resourceful, talented and hardworking. You earn your own money, have a successful career, you may have even started your own business. Then why is it that according to a study conducted by Prudential in... http://www.articlealley.com/article_794664_24.html 23rd February 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Lin Schreiber Does the state of the economy have you rethinking your retirement? Are you convinced that you'll have to work at least seven years after you're dead before you can afford to retire? Has the challenge/joy/thrill of what ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_789264_24.html 18th February 2009 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber A few years before my first "retirement", my husband and I attended a cocktail party where I became keenly aware of how attached everyone I met that night was to their work identity. On the way home, I remember smugly c... http://www.articlealley.com/article_735716_24.html 05th January 2009 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber As a coach, I'm always looking for the silver lining in every situation for my clients, and for myself. At the very least, I believe we can learn powerful lessons from everything that happens to us, and even the worst c... http://www.articlealley.com/article_707803_24.html 03rd December 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber The Dow Jones is whipping up and down more rapidly and more frighteningly than the scariest Giga-coaster (that's giant roller coaster), the media is whipping up a frenzy of hysteria, and politicians are whipping out the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_672876_19.html 23rd October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber Knowing the work that I do as a Retirement Coach, a friend recently asked me if I had any suggestions for "how not to be just another old lady." It was an interesting question, and I've given it a lot of thought in ligh... http://www.articlealley.com/article_658584_23.html 07th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber If you've been out there for awhile researching retirement, reading up on it, surfing the net, talking to anyone who will listen, you've probably been told you need a Retirement Coach. False, false, false! You absolutel... http://www.articlealley.com/article_651405_24.html 29th September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber Okay, so you can't wait to get out of the day-to-day work grind. You're not alone. A lot of the US working population can't wait to retire. But before you pocket that gold watch and run gleefully from your work place in... http://www.articlealley.com/article_615658_24.html 02nd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber There's so much to think about when planning for retirement -- what you want to do, where you want to live, how to stay healthy, and how to cope with the changes that are bound to come your way. It's easy to go into ov... http://www.articlealley.com/article_615382_24.html 02nd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber Are you looking forward to no alarm clocks, nowhere to be, nothing to do for some undefined period starting day one of your retirement? Dreaming of no one to answer to? Craving some serious down time before you figure... http://www.articlealley.com/article_584993_24.html 22nd July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber So, you're ready to retire, but you just can't bring yourself to pull the plug on the status quo of your life. You're feeling fearful about what life will be like for you in the next stage. Whether it's lurking persiste... http://www.articlealley.com/article_574053_24.html 11th July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber When you talk about retiring, do you say you plan to retire in five years? Have you been saying you plan to retire in five years for five (or more) years? You're not alone. Many of my friends and the people I meet as... http://www.articlealley.com/article_562789_24.html 25th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber The exciting field of brain science, and research like the Harvard Study of Adult Development, reinforce that you no longer have to look forward to your mother's (or father's) old age. So much of the research is pointi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_546549_24.html 25th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber Up to this point in our lives, we've lived pretty externally. We've gone for some or all of the following: education, career, money, marriage, kids, house, new careers, bigger houses, etc. And, that's okay. But, if ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_542238_24.html 20th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Lin Schreiber You're yearning to be free of all your old constraints - including your current career - and to create work that's deeply fulfilling and makes a difference in people's lives. At the same time you long to uncover those p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_531551_24.html 08th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2007 Lin Schreiber As you think about your retirement life, acknowledge that "who you are" is much more important than "what you do". This one shift in your belief structure will enhance your chances of having a happier, healthier retire... http://www.articlealley.com/article_191510_19.html 25th July 2007