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The 60-Something Crisis: How to Live an Extraordinary Life in Retirement Spiral-Bound | July 17, 2022

Barbara L. Pagano, Jim Blasingame (Foreword by)

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A soul-shaking and inspiring book for late-in-life adulthood. The decision of whether we will choose with intention to fully live in the last third of life begins in our 60s. We can demand more of ourselves, invest in opportunities to test our courage, and try one last time for the life we want. Barbara Pagano shows you how.

Circumvent the tired and conventional approaches of finding purpose, passion, or happiness to discover a path of fulfillment after 60 by pursuing desires, mastering risk-taking, and expanding horizons with confidence. The crisis of unfulfilled lives unfolds gradually, often with acquiesced boredom and a flimsy search for purpose. Our relevancy comes into question, or we succumb to the idea that the future will be one of slow-moving ambition and then an even slower glide into comfort as the flush of freedom fades. We can change this outcome if we want to. We should want to. The 60-Something Crisis: How to Live an Extraordinary Life in Retirement is the first book to circumvent the tired and conventional approaches of finding purpose, passion, or happiness, or using reinvention to discover a path of fulfillment after 60. It presents a clear, practical framework through four portals—geography of place, yield, kinship, and freedom—to navigate and support future well-being and happiness. Readers will learn how to pursue desires, not roadmaps, to increase self-confidence and master risk-taking, and will discover the power and potential of investing in themselves at this time of life. Barbara L. Pagano provides the foundation for taking on or taking back late-stage growth and shifts the conversation from “What’s next?” to “What do I need to know, what do I need to do now, and how soon can I get started?” This book is more than happy talk. Pre-retirees on the brink of a major life transition or retirees who want more from life will find themselves pulled toward a higher target of well-being that endures. Mature adults, now novices in an unfamiliar, uncharted landscape, will welcome a smart, well-written, practical, and poignant guide to hustle them forward, anchored in an award-winning author’s deeply personal experience, well-researched content, and over 200 interviews with retirees and pre-retires. The 60-Something Crisis offers a powerful message for the last third of life.
Publisher: National Book Network
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 1538155753
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.0 x 8.9 inches
[A]n invigorating take on how to best use one’s later years. The author urges readers to make the most of their retirement and encourages them to see themselves as “unfinished,” citing a study that found participants underestimated how much they would change in the future. Pagano recounts how she threw out her first childhood dance costume after finding it among her late mother’s belongings and emphasizes the importance of letting go of past identities so one can embrace new ones: “In our 60s, we can begin to reconfigure the full set of possibilities in our lives, but we will limit our creative powers if we cling to old, wonderful roles.” Recommending that readers consider the myriad opportunities afforded by retirement, including the ability to relocate, the author provides a questionnaire to help readers assess their priorities when looking for a place to live. Pagano’s achievement lies in the flexibility of her prescriptions, which inspire a sense of possibility by highlighting nontraditional options for growing old…. Retirees will find this revitalizing. -Publishers Weekly
Barbara L. Pagano is an executive coach and seasoned speaker, who has motivated thousands of senior leaders and middle managers to higher levels of performance in work and life. Her previous book, The Transparency Edge: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business, was chosen by Fast Company magazine as a “Book of the Month.” A fierce advocate for the sabbatical movement, Barbara is co-founder of YourSABBATICAL.com. Barbara is co-author of The Ultimate Toolkit for Writing and Presenting a Killer Sabbatical Proposal Your Boss Can’t Refuse and The Comprehensive Sabbatical Program Toolkit: A How-To Guide for Implementing Your Company’s Sabbatical Strategy. When not speaking, coaching, or writing, Barbara takes tap dancing classes and will trade in her ten-year-old bike for an electric bike to ascend those hills on the Natchez Trace Parkway near her home in Nashville, TN.