What to do with more time

Friday Aug 07, 2009

A few days ago "the oldest man in the world" died at the age of 113. Remarkable!

Insurance companies are now using new lifetime predictors on the assumption that people will live longer. This is based on improvements in our food, health care and other such factors. We have reason to believe that the average American will live into his or her 70's, and beyond.

Think, for example, of the 78 million baby boomers (1 our of every 4 Americans) that have just started to retire.

Many will want to work for purposes of fulfillment. Others will need to work because of the stark recession that has gripped our nation since 2007.

Additionally, the U.S. will need them to work if we are to obtain any degree of real economic and social recovery. Marc Freedman, author of Encore: Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life (Persus, 2007) asserts that this is "one of the most profound social trends of the 21st century."

I would add economic trend as well.

With "Significant Extra Time" (SET) comes Significant Opportunity. Those opportunities may well begin with a return to a college or university.

Why not decide and take action?

Category: Career

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