CHAPTER 5
How to Craft a Better Retirement
What does a positive retirement look and feel like? The answer will be different for everyone, but a successful and smooth retirement transition involves so much more than financial planning. Along with investing in your pension pot, you need to invest from a personal and professional perspective.
Whether your runway to retirement is long or short, job crafting—personalizing how you do, and think about, your job—is a powerful way of maximizing your impact at work in the final stage of your career. It can help you nurture the skills, experiences, and connections that will serve you as you start your next life adventure. In practice, this means finding ways to use your strengths and passions ...
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