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The “Generational War” Is a Fake
Do retirees have too much political clout in the U.S.? MARC FREEDMAN: Much recent attention has focused on the campus tour of 60-year-old financier Stanley Druckenmiller, who is traveling the nation...
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Retirement Is Becoming Obsolete
What should companies do, if anything, to retain veteran workers and/or ease the transition to retirement? MARC AGRONIN: Aside from the likes of several exceptional quarterbacks, football is a game of...
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What Peter Drucker Can Teach Everybody About Retirement
What should companies do, if anything, to retain veteran workers and/or ease the transition to retirement? MARC FREEDMAN: In 1999, the great management guru and visionary Peter Drucker—nearing his own...
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How Companies Can Help Older Workers
What should companies do, if anything, to retain veteran workers and/or ease the transition to retirement? BUD HEBELER: Employment today is far different that it was a couple of decades ago. Workers...
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Why You Want to Hire Older Workers
What should companies do, if anything, to retain veteran workers and/or ease the transition to retirement? MOLLY METTLER: Companies that care about attracting and retaining talented workers know that...
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Everything Will Change in Retirement. Get Used To It.
What is the single difference you see between retirees who are happy and those who are not? MOLLY METTLER: If you are one of those people who say things like, “They’ll have to drag me kicking and...
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Why a Sense of Purpose Is So Crucial in Retirement
What is the single difference you see between retirees who are happy and those who are not? MARC FREEDMAN: A strong sense of purpose. By purpose I mean a reason to get up in the morning that...
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The Warning Signs of an Unhappy Retirement
What is the single difference you see between retirees who are happy and those who are not? MARC AGRONIN: The good news is that most retirees are happier than at any other stage of life. Don’t believe...
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In Retirement, You Need Love
What is the single difference you see between retirees who are happy and those who are not? BUD HEBELER: It’s really hard to single out just one factor, but the happiest retired people we know have...
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Happiness in Retirement Is a Steady Income
What is the single difference you see between retirees who are happy and those who are not? ALICIA MUNNELL: The key factor that comes out of research studies is whether or not retirees have a steady...
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How to Reduce Conflicts With Your Spouse in Retirement
What’s the biggest source of friction between spouses/partners in later life? MORGAN FAIRCHILD: The biggest sources of friction between partners later in life can often be predicted by friction...
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How to Find the Yin to Your Partner’s Retirement Yang
What’s the biggest source of friction between spouses/partners in later life? NATALIE CAINE: Not a surprise and yet so frustrating, are conflicts between one wanting to downsize and begin new...
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The Money Conflicts Couples Face in Retirement
What’s the biggest source of friction between spouses/partners in later life? BUD HEBELER: Often it’s about whether to support a relative asking for money, particularly when couples have children from...
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Argue With Your Spouse About Anything…Except This
What’s the biggest source of friction between spouses/partners in later life? MOLLY METTLER: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”…The more things change, the more they remain the same. Most...
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Why Spouses Will Likely Clash in Retirement
What’s the biggest source of friction between spouses/partners in later life? MARC AGRONIN: Retirement brings the certainty of spending a lot more time eyeball to eyeball with your spouse or partner....
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Why Retirees Should Read ‘Jazz’ by Henri Matisse
What gift would you give a soon-to-be retiree? MARC AGRONIN: I would present a copy of the book “Jazz” by the great French painter Henri Matisse, with the following explanation. In 1941, the...
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Holiday Gift Ideas for Retirees: Books and Trips
What gift would you give a soon-to-be-retiree? MARC FREEDMAN: I’ll start by recommending a new book, Jane Pauley’s “Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life.” The volume, drawing on her...
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Know Somebody Who’s Retiring? Give Them a Gym Membership.
What gift would you give a soon-to-be retiree? MORGAN FAIRCHILD: A gift I might give to a newly retired person would be a membership to a local lecture series—or a gym—or an intellectual institution...
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The Secret Pleasures of Keeping a Gratitude Journal
What gift would you give a soon-to-be retiree? MOLLY METTLER: I would give a gift that keeps on giving: a daily reminder to practice, and record, gratitude. A simple notebook works, or an online...
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What Gift I’d Give a Soon-To-Be Retiree
What gift would you give a soon-to-be retiree? BUD HEBELER: A gift card to HomeDepot for a man or a restaurant gift card for a woman would be good gifts. Books on tape are a good gift for those...
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