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"This little gem of a book offers sage advice..."
Too Young to Retire,
the perfect holiday gift. In bookstores
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Back to School?
Over 50 and longing for your next challenge? There's no time like the present to be a student again. Your motivation, perseverance and the wealth of work/life experience you bring to the classroom make you, the adult learner, an attractive recruitment target for many colleges and universities. Your choices include traditional campus settings to distance learning programs, both of which offer degrees, to teleclasses you can take in the comfort of your home office.
The New School University (formerly The New School for Social Research) was founded in 1919 as a center for "discussion, instruction and counseling for mature men and women." It became America's first university for adults. Now 0nline courses are a growing subset of more than 1,800 courses available each semester. Click DIAL - The New School and/or this Catalog of other distance learning opportunities with website addresses and other information.
Exploring What's Next
If you like the idea of exploring what's next for you with other like-minded seekers, there are coach-facilitated 2young2retire course based on Too Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of Your Life, forming around the country now. Meet for six or more weeks with people who have the same questions and issues as you. Converse, share. learn and get motivated to act.
Another way to explore new directions without spending a lot of money is The Learning Annex. Classes offered in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Toronto. Or look for a local version of this adult school, like Providence's Learning Connection. This is the new face of affordable, accessible, short-course continuing education with an emphasis on personal growth (lots of the big names on the circuit) and business and career opportunities. Recommended BooksBooks inspire us to examine what we think we know and believe. They may even encourage us to try new things and take risks. That's a lot of power packed into a handheld tool. Consider that many of us can name a single book that was important to us in childhood and remember exactly why. Books can open our minds and even change them. They can change our lives. Here's our list of must reads in the great learning adventure called the rest of your life. Jeff Berner's The Joy of Working From Home: Making a Life While Making a Living (Berrett- Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1994) is a classic of its kind, packed with great ideas for you entrepreneurs and independent contractors. What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up: Starting the Next Chapter of Your Life (Little Brown & Company 2001), Dorothy Cantor with Andrea Thompson. Exercises to help you sort yourself out. Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World (Crown 2001) by Rita Golden Gelman is an eye-opener about alternative ways to live frugally, yet rich in experience. Bob Griffith's Do What You Love for the Rest of Your Life: A Practical Guide to Career Change and Personal Renewal (Ballantine Books, 2001). The title says it all. Best Home Businesses for People 50+ (Tarcher, 2004) is the latest from Paul Edwards, who with his spouse and partner, Sarah Edwards are the authors of many books and columns on the subject of working from home. Another winner is Home Based Businesses for Dummies (For Dummies, 2000). Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You (Sourcebooks, Inc. 1998) Cynthia Kersey. If they could do it, you can too! One of our favorites for the collection of great stories alone. Money and spirituality? Yes, George Kinder puts them together in The Seven Stages of Money Maturity: Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in Your Life. (Dell/Random House, 1999) Janet Luhrs' The Simple Living Guide (Broadway 1997) -- a clear, compelling answer to our complicated times, Luhrs' book covers everything you might want to simplify: time, money, work, holidays, cooking, housing, health and exercise with a lively touch. Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself (Warner Books, May 2001), Daniel H. Pink. Going solo? You're not alone. Provocative reading about an important trend from one of our most original thinkers. "Quit today...Pay Cash...Don't Retire" says Stephen M. Pollan in Die Broke (HarpersBusiness 1997). Radical and life-altering. Our copy is dog-eared and our kids are still speaking to us. Longevity Revolution: As Boomers Become Elders (Berkeley Books, 2001) Theodore Roszak. Understand the social revolution that you are a part of...and stand tall! This remains one of the classics. Prime Time: How Baby-Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America (Public Affairs, Perseus Books Group, 1999), Marc Freedman. Groundbreaking research and a passionate voice for renewal after 50. Freedman also heads Civic Ventures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to capturing the 'windfall' of a generation of educated, healthy and motivated elders for social good. Third Age: Six Principles for Personal Growth and Regeneration After 40 (Perseus Books 2001), William A. Sadler. Another cheerleader for renewal. Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older (Warner Books, 1997), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. From the creator of "Spiritual Eldering." It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age (Dell 1998), Barbara Sher. Sher knows her stuff and doesn't pull any punches. Like one of her workshops in print. Book Marketing From A to Z (Infinity Publishing 2005), Francine Silverman. If you are an author, you know that getting the word out about your book is up to you. In this book, authors share their secrets. Edited by Silverman who also puts out a well-respected newsletter on the subject. To subscribe: http://www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=12216r Too Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of Your Life (Plume 2004), Marika and Howard Stone, now available on line and bookstores nationwide. Book study groups forming nationwide. Relocate for a better, less expensive life. Jerry Sweitzer's The 50 Best Small Southern Towns (Peachtree Publishers, 2001), tells you how...and why. True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do (Bell Tower/Harmony 1998), Michael toms and Justine Willis Toms, co-founders of New Dimensions Radio. Work and love -- a winning combination we all deserve. Didn't find a title you are looking for. Enter it in the window below and click Go! Copyright
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