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Greetings!
September is one of my favorite times of the year. The weather cools down, the trees start to change, and routine is re-established in our lives.
Many of us love this month, perhaps because of what has stayed with us all through the years--our childhood memories of extra-long summer months, our excitement about school starting and seeing our friends, and the feeling of being more grown up each year as we advanced through the grades.
In the spirit of starting a new school year, we will be introducing our latest project--Record Your Life. Capturing individual legacies on CD's, in e-book form or softcover is what we are focusing on this fall.
Presenting how to do this amassing of information yourself or having us do it for you will take place in local adult schools, senior centers, or any place people would like to learn more about the process. If you are interested in learning more, let us know (gail@coachability.com or edtopar@gmail.com). Read more below.
Happy September, Gail and Ed
------------------------------------------- Don't forget to check what your passion is, click here to take our FREE preliminary passion test, the test we give those who sign up for Discover Your Passion coaching with us. You may find your answers right there. If you want to go further, sign up for the 30-day Explore Your Passion course, which will be available next month. Check out our website, Retired-NextPhase.com. |
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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH
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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
-Voltaire
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OUR NEW VENTURE
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OUR NEW VENTURE
We have taken the summer off from interviewing retirees and will start again next month. More significantly, we are embarking on an exciting venture outside the environs of the e-zine. We believe that everyone's past consists of a rich tapestry of history, replete with stories, which like precious artifacts, reflect the person, their life, lessons, and special moments. Our intent is to capture those moments in one of three ways: a 90-minute CD, an e-book, and/or a soft covered book-all resulting from a 90-minute interview which we conduct with pre-selected questions whose answers best reflect the person's life. As Dr. James Birren, Ph.D., said in Psychology Today, "You understand your life better if you share it piece by piece with other people. Something happens during the telling that goes beyond what is achieved by the remembering alone. New experiences become reminders of feelings and events that we have set aside and thought we had forgotten--as each new memory builds on previous recollections." This gift of memories is an extraordinary opportunity for you or a loved one to record your life story or a family member's life history and dreams--past and present--as a special gift for your family and for yourself. The result is not only greater self-understanding for each participant, but also a stronger bond among family members. This fall we are going to be holding classes in local adult schools and senior centers to teach people how to do this on their own or have us do it for them. We are really looking forward to this new segment of Retired-Next Phase, especially when we realize just how extraordinarily valuable this legacy is to family members and friends.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IS HAVING YOUR LIFE RECORDED AND/OR WRITTEN ABOUT, SEND US AN EMAIL (gail@coachability.com or edtopar@gmail.com), AND WE WILL SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION.
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BOOK REVIEW - DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVING WHAT YOU DO
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Robert Anthony's book, Doing What You Love, Loving What You Do, is one of the most influential books in my library. It was well worth the time it took to type my underlines and notes. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Because of its length, only one part will be presented at a time. ENJOY!!
DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVING WHAT YOU DO
DR. ROBERT ANTHONY
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
Step #1: Make up two lists of possible retirement career choices. The first will be done on a totally conscious level. The second will consist of ideas that come to you more spontaneously. There will be a third list, which is actually a composite of the former two. A period of seven days should be devoted to each individual list.
Step #2: Be eliminating all the less desirable choices on your final list, you will soon be able to determine the thing or things you would most like to do.
Step #3: If your immediate financial obligations do not permit you to undertake your new life's work on a full-time basis, you should begin to work toward it in a way that at least allows you to become involved in some related field.
Step #4: Seek out the company of those who are already successful in the field you wish to enter. You could work for them or become affiliated with them through their clubs and organizations.
Step #5: Once you have begun, it is important to remind yourself that you are really working toward it.
Step #6: Design your master plan, what you ultimately desire in life!
Step #7: After you have completed your master plan, make up a second list of short- and long-term goals, those related to both personal and professional matters.
Step #8: Reward yourself for what you have accomplished.
Step #9: Keep working on your plan. Don't give up.
Step #10: Allow yourself the ultimate luxury of doing what you love and loving what you do!
NEXT MONTH:
THE PAST DOESN'T HAVE TO CONTROL YOUR FUTURE.
Read more book summaries on our website.
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Two Ways to Find Your Passion
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1. Be the expert you already are.
One of the most common barriers keeping people from making money from their passion, no matter where they are in life, is the belief that they don't know something well enough to get paid to teach it to someone else.
Believe it or not, you know more than you think. Being an expert is purely relative and based largely on perception.
The crazy thing is once you find something you're passionate about, you'll likely realize it's something you've been learning and improving upon for years and maybe even decades. You have more experience with your passion than likely 99% of those around you, simply because you love doing it.
Find what it is and find the people who desperately need your help. Combine the two and living off your passion starts to become a reality.
2. Do the impossible.
The most crucial ingredient to loving your work is to surround yourself with people already doing it. When you spend time with people living squarely in their dreams, your dream not only becomes possible, it becomes probable. That shift in psychology will change your world.
Taken from an article by Scott Dinsmore, the founder of Live Your Legend, and the author of Live Off Your Passion: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Passion and Getting Paid to Do Work You Love. (http://www.http://liveyourlegend.net)
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CAN YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR?
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CAN YOU NAME THE YEAR OF THESE EVENTS?
* The average household income was $13,900?
* A gallon of gas cost $.55?
* A 55 mph speed limit was mandated on all U.S. highways?
* "Evita" Peron became president of Argentina?
* "Jaws" topped the movie charts?
* Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was born?
* The last Japanese World War II soldier surrendered in Manilla?
* Comedians Bud Abbott (78) and Jack Benny (80) passed away?
* The postage stamp went up to $.10 from $.08?
* Congress authorized U.S. citizens to own gold?
ANSWER CAN BE FOUND FOLLOWING LAST BLOCK........?
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LOOKING BACKHeadline
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Enjoy this listening experience!! Remember where you were when........
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TAKE A BREAK AND LAUGH ABOUT IT.....
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Sherlock and Watson are on a camping trip.
In the middle of the night Sherlock wakes Watson and says.."Watson, look up and tell me what you deduce."
Watson looks up and says..."Well Holmes, I'm impressed by the vastness of the universe and the countless stars and if I were to assume that out there are even a small number of planets, I would deduce that there would indeed be life out there somewhere."
"No Watson, you idiot. Someone has stolen our tent."
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The answer to the quiz, "Can You Remember the Year?"
1974
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Profit From Your Passion - a thirty-day E-course
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Retire to Your Passion!! Treat yourself to a thorough review of all of your likes, dislikes, successes, challenges, and everything that has made you who you are today. Find not only what most interests you but also what your purpose in life is. In thirty lessons, you will unlock the secrets of who you really are. To learn more, visit our website.
Introductory Price: $97 - AVAILABLE NOW!
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Rightsizing Your Life
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Gail Cassidy, gail@coachability.com; (908) 654-5216
http://www.Retired-NextPhase.com
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