By Shae Hadden |
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I’m thinking of the term “mid-life change”
often these days. No matter what age we are, we are always in mid-life:
neither at the beginning, nor at the end…yet. Most people tend to think
of mid-life change as something that happens when we’re in our 40s or
50s. But what if we took the view that, while we are alive, we are
always in the ‘middle’ of our lives, in the midst of constant change?
Would we, perhaps, become more comfortable, less anxious with changes
in our lives?[
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Don and Steve are executive coaches who specialize in working with clients approaching their “second half’ to create what is next in their lives. Sometimes this takes the form of starting new business ventures. Sometimes it has to do with preparing for post-retirement transitions. Now I know that ‘coaching’ has become a term all kinds of folks are selling (and not always with sufficient education or experience) but these guys are among the best. Don will be contributing to this blog in coming weeks.
All three of us have noticed a shift that occurs as people mature in their careers and approach retirement—a change from looking for ‘productivity and status’ to looking for ‘satisfaction and contribution’. It turns out this isn’t as easy as it sounds. Whether one is in corporate management or working in a home environment, most of us have mastered organizing our lives around the needs and wants of others. In fact, most people are hooked on ‘doing’ and don’t have a lot of practice or support for learning to just ‘be’ themselves, which is what satisfaction is all about.
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Written by Jim Selman at Retirement
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