The Rewire to Retire Blog
Aretha Franklin is rocking retirement!
There is no stopping the 75-year-old Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is once again blazing trails, only this time it’s not as the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock & Roll [...]
Why YOU should consider a working retirement
Not so long ago financial advisers would use the term the 3- legged retirement stool to refer to a person’s most common sources of retirement income: Employer Pensions Social Security Personal Savings Now, if [...]
“I had to surrender and get off my throne” – advice for boomers seeking bridge employment
In the most recent Next Avenue newsletter, Author Richard Eisenberg features a story about Elizabeth White, a 55-year-old, Harvard MBA graduate, and former executive of the World. White recently gave a Ted talk and [...]
It is a commonplace fact that physical ability, mental alertness & cooperativeness fail after 65
I bet you would agree that's a pretty crazy statement, right? Well, those are not my words. They are the words of the U.S. Federal Government who, in 1980, argued before the Supreme Court [...]
Beware of early retirement
Delay retirement but only if you like your job and the people you work with. While much has been written about the financial benefits of longer working lives, there are social benefits too. Bonds [...]
Lost knowledge and the Picasso Principle
It’s a paradox of human nature, we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone. Lost knowledge due to boomer retirements can be a costly mistake. Employers have a bad habit of pushing older [...]