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Kiplinger's Retire & Thrive, Fourth Edition: How More Than 50 People Redefined Their Retirement Lifestyles (Kiplinger's Personal Finance)

Kiplinger's Retire & Thrive, Fourth Edition: How More Than 50 People Redefined Their Retirement Lifestyles (Kiplinger's Personal Finance)
By Robert K. Otterbourg

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Over the next 18 years, about four million boomers are turning 60 each year. What does this mean to this “want and need it all” generation? What are the opportunities for boomers to stay on the job, work part-time, change careers or even buy a business? How will boomers and others already of retirement age meet this challenge?
   
While you may not be able to afford a work-free lifestyle – and may not even want one – you do want those years to be active, challenging and creative. That means taking charge and crafting a retirement suitable to your personality, interests, skills and talents. Take charge, and “retirement will provide the chance of a lifetime.
 
The fourth third edition of Retire & Thrive will help you assess your wants and needs and chose from the smorgasbord of possibilities. Dozens of real life profiles show how others have met the challenge of being age 50-plus. What path will you take?
Will you chose one of the following or some of each?
-Remain in the workplace
-Change careers or become self-employed
-Retire, and then return to the workplace
-Work as a volunteer
-Pursue a hobby
-Return to school 
Whatever path is chosen, you chose, this book  author Bob Otterbourg provides the background guidance you need to assure that once you do “retire” that you also thrive.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #783700 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-10-02
  • Released on: 2006-10-02
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 280 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Robert K. Otterbourg began his writing career as a reporter on his elementary school newspaper.  Decades later, he’s still at it.  Like many of the people profiled in this book, he shifted gears after running his own public relations firm.  Since his late 50s, he’s been writing articles and books on workplace and lifestyle issues. Otterbourg is also the author of Switching Careers.

Customer Reviews

Issues and Anecdotes5
Otterbourg entertains and informs us by presenting fifty anecdotes of live people organized around eight major retirement issues, e.g., careers, planning and volunteerism. This book helps us answer the question, what will I do if I retire? It is a wonderful companion to a book on financial planning for retirement.

Michael C. Thomas, PhD (Cary, NC)

Practical advice and anecdotes5
An earlier edition of the Otterbourg book helped me to sort out my own retirement plans. His mix of practical advice and anecdotes from successful retirees gave me the confidence to consider stepping out on my own to pursue, independently, my lifelong interests in writing and photography. Otterbourg's book is full of down-to-earth stuff, written from the perspective of someone who also once decided to make the leap, and fleshed out with a wide variety of stories from other thriving retirees. A thoughtful take on what ought to be on the minds of those of us considering retirement.

Not practical enough2
I did not find this book to have very much practical information and I did not find the anecdotes very interesting nor relevant.