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Encore: A High Achiever's Guide to Thriving in Retirement

by Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons

Rethinking success after a career

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Rethinking success after a career

Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons draws on her own difficulty redefining purpose after a high-powered career to frame retirement as a transition that calls for fresh measures of achievement. The guide brings together planning, reflection and practical exercises around purpose, balance and resilience. It encourages readers to reconsider familiar measures of success, carry motivating interests into a new phase, and build relationships and meaningful engagement beyond work. Its central question is how to shape a satisfying next chapter when professional identity has been a major source of direction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • High-achieving professionals preparing for retirement
  • People already retired who are reconsidering purpose and measures of success
  • Readers seeking structured exercises for planning a post-career transition

Themes

Retirement and life transitionsPurpose beyond professional identityRedefining successResilience and personal growthRelationships and meaningful engagement

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Book overview

"Accessible, practical, and important." -Kathy L. Brown, Independent Book Review

Embark on a journey to a new, energizing chapter of life.

At the crossroads of professional and personal life, Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons struggled to redefine purpose in life after a high-powered career. Searching for answers, she embarked on a transformative journey to discover new approaches to purpose, balance, and resilience.

If the prospect of retirement sparks anxiety, fear not-this comprehensive guide, crafted for high-achieving professionals, redefines retirement as a gateway to new opportunities, meaning, and accomplishment. Fusing the author's expertise with cutting-edge research, it unveils a proven approach for envisioning, planning, and executing an ideal retirement.

In Encore: A High Achiever's Guide to Thriving in Retirement, Elizabeth shatters stereotypes, offering strategies for embracing change, strategically navigating transitions, and carrying your existential motivators into retirement. Ditch quantitative success measures for qualitative ones, leverage strategic instability for continuous growth, and develop the mindset of a creator instead of a reactor. From expanding your relationship portfolio to adopting a strategy of confident control, the book presents actionable exercises to design a satisfying new life complete with meaningful engagement.

Unlike conventional retirement guides, Encore reframes retirement as a dynamic transition, akin to a graduation or promotion, positioning it as an opportunity for personal growth. For professionals seeking a productive, engaged, and purposeful next chapter, this guide is your go-to resource, offering a wealth of possibilities for resilience, reinvention, and a fulfilling encore.

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