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MAY 22, 2024

Stand up for yourself more Assertiveness was never my strong suit, especially when I was younger. We consciously prioritized our professional aspirations and relished the freedom of our child-free lifestyle. Ironically, I ended up spending the next 35 years as a freelancer. Play to your strengths—but shore up your weaknesses.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Movies typically follow a three-act structure: the set-up of our hero, the confrontation they face, then the resolution. Jordan sadly passed away this month at age 67, but among the legacies he leaves is this: It’s never too late to pivot to your next act or career, and one need not wait until retirement to explore a new passion.

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JUNE 29, 2022

In other words, you already know this film is going to have a lot of good kitchens, beautiful clothing and real people having real, human problems. First, the obligatory plot outline: Retired executive Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) gets a gig as a “senior” intern at an up-and-coming fashion website run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).

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JULY 6, 2022

Roti, Kapda aur Makaan” (food, clothing and shelter) was the political cry of independent India’s socialism in the 1960s and ’70s (including a Hindi film with the same title). My grandfather, a popular science writer, considered a nation-builder, had seen difficult times growing up. I didn’t bother explaining, and hung up.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Is there one thing that will make the difference between actually achieving your goals and chalking them up to yet another year’s unfulfilled resolutions? I want my financial future to be bright and to have no worries when I’m older and ready to retire. Sign up for a birthday/anniversary reminder service. Get a leg up.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

In a July 2016 profile , The New York Times wrote that President Barack Obama—who wore only blue and gray suits—daydreamed about retiring to Hawaii to “open a T-shirt shack that sold only one size (medium) and one color (white)” with Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. The human mind is well set up to form habits and routines to conserve its energy.”.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

And then you graduated, spent some time in the real world and ended up working in a field that was wildly different from the one you’d studied. That’s what you should be playing up. Of course my on-the-job experience was invaluable too, but the things I picked up at University are embedded in a different way.

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