Will Education Be Part of Your Second Act?

education as a second act

The year was 1978. I was almost 14. During dinner on that memorable night, my mother announced she was returning to school for her MBA. She had been a nurse for 10 years yet wanted something more: to be a nursing home administrator, or as she called it, “a business tycoon”. She was 39 years…

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Assignment: Retirement—What Will YOUR Retirement Look Like?

what will your retirement look like?

Earlier this week, with my laptop in the loving care of an IT specialist, I had the rare opportunity to clean my office. Among the sort-of fun task, I reread all the motivational sticky notes on my walls. Of interest was this one: The year: 2009. Many life transitions occurred that year: Divorce A cross-country…

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