The Stormy Passage from Career to What Comes Next
With advances in life expectancy and economic conditions that increasingly enable people to stop working earlier than ever before, many arrive at the third act – the post-career phase, with decades left to live. On average, we are living 34 years longer than our grandparents!
Sadly, there is often not a realistic blueprint for how to enjoy this time. You have worked hard and been successful. But regardless of how capable one has been in the second act (career and family), transitioning to the third act (life’s next chapter) includes significant challenges and can be overwhelming. Solving for a rewarding retirement is very different than the issues you address and the decisions you make professionally. The desired third act outcomes – peace, joy, satisfaction, are sometimes easier to imagine than to create. The experiences that reflect your wide range of interests and desires can be illusive. The path by which you continue to exercise your intellect and make a meaningful contribution to the world may be difficult to visualize.
All of this leads some people to hang on to their career or business much longer than they really want to. They fear exchanging the tyranny of the alarm clock for the tyranny of freedom. Time, formerly a scarce commodity, now becomes abundant – perhaps painfully so. All of us can enjoy a super-sized portion of leisure from time to time, but if that’s all you do to engage the world, after six, 12, or 18 months, you’re likely to be climbing the walls.
But it doesn’t have to be this way!
A master third act coach can brush away the clutter and help you write a prize-winning version of your next chapter:
- What does it consist of, and what does it exclude?
- How will you use your brain: what will you teach, what will you learn?
- What relationships will you build and maintain?
- How will you nourish your soul?
- What joys from your earlier life have been kept under a bushel, but now call out for expression?
- What cultures and locations do you want to explore?
- How can you express gratitude for a life that has treated you well?
Michael Rose Coaching guides you from the stormy sea of confusion and uncertainty to the calm port of a clear vision, an executable plan and ongoing support. We help you create your successful third act through the following phases:
- Exploration and discovery
- Developing a personalize roadmap
- Road testing and trial balloons
- Executing the main parts of the plan
- Ongoing support and accountability
Just as you call upon an accountant, attorney and financial advisor to guide you through the financial and legal aspects of life, engage a third act coach to help navigate the stormy sea and turn your ideal post-career vision into reality. The best years of your life may be in front of you!
If James Taylor was right when he sang “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” it’s important to be clear about what enjoying time means to you now, given your current or impending career emancipation. The result of this focused effort? Fulfillment, vitality, purpose. You deserve it. We’ll help you build it.
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The best years of your life may be in front of you. Reach out and share your story with us. Let’s work together to create a Third Act that joyfully expresses all that you are!
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