May 19, 2012

Reduce Stress by Taking on Less

In previous posts I’ve recommended a few steps you could take to make retirement more enjoyable especially if this dramatic change in life has left you cold. I labeled it the psychology of retirement but to be perfectly honest, even people who have taken the time to plan their retirement years find it to be [...]

Life After Retirement-Keep Working

We have a friend who hasn’t reached 60 yet and he’s retired. He moved south, bought a home on a golf course and absolutely loves retirement. He and his wife both get full pensions.  Some may say they live frugally but  that’s not how they would describe their life.  Their costs of living have gone [...]

Earning Income From Your Online Business

There are many ways to make money on the Internet but not all of them work well and not every one works for everyone. I found that my clients make a better income online when they focus on  creating a website in a small but profitable niche about which they know a little something. Then [...]

Boomers Postpone Retirement

Five reasons for postponing retirement was the topic of my last post.  Here are another five reasons why retirement is taking place later in life. Many boomers are caring for their elderly parents, many others are putting their kids through college, and some are doing both. It’s the term Sandwich Generation that’s been around for [...]

Age Discrimination Job Seeking

In my last post I wrote generally about age discrimination. In this post I’m focusing on discrimination when looking for a job. What makes this even more relevant to me is that just last week I began working with pharmacist who is interested in creating a website about diabetes. I mentioned insurance issues as a [...]

Attitude Equals Successful Business

I can’t think of one guru promoting a program or product and inviting you to join them who didn’t suggest you can start out small and make a few bucks and that was okay. However, everyone of these also managed to tell you how great they were doing and how they’re business changed their lives [...]

Find a Mentor for Your Home Business

It would be great if you could find someone who would take you under their wings. In fact, it’s highly probably that you have friends or people you know in business that had the same downsizing experience you did and started their own business in their home.  They may not jump at the chance to [...]

Home Business – Know What You Want

Knowing what kind of business you want to work at in your home is one of your first steps to success. Think about it: you are retired or you were laid off at age 60  or pinked slipped after 30 years. You want to make money but at this stage in your life you also [...]