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Afterwork: An Honest Discussion about the Retirement Lie and How to Live a Future Worthy of Dreams
Enjoy having 10 powerful disciplines and practical applications you can easily use to break free of an unfulfilling retirement and step forward into a new, remarkably fulfilling season―regardless of how you’ve defined “work. ” Afterwork is a healthy and hopeful approach to retirement ―and it may be different than conventional wisdom.
Our society declares that a self-focused, uber-comfortable, and vacation-minded retirement is what we want. That retirement is mostly a financial problem to be solved. What could possibly go wrong with double the free time and less structure in your life? But, this is where we go wrong. The retirement lie says that a successful retirement is an endless vacation based on financial security, but this way of thinking is a down payment toward purposelessness and disappointment. The afterwork mindset and its disciplines are applicable to anyone. Perhaps you’re leaving a traditional career. Your children are grown and gone. Maybe you’ve sold your business. Harder still, you may be navigating the unfathomable passing of a loved one. Preparing for and living well through these tectonic shifts requires serious reflection, intentional thinking and healthy mindsets. That’s afterwork, and its quest for you is to thrive in the most impactful, purposeful season of your life, whether you’re 45 or 75.
How Does Afterwork Help?
Afterwork is an honest discussion about the “retirement lie” and a guide to living a future worthy of God’s plan for you. Afterwork will help You’re more than the pile of money and assets in your retirement account–you’re a living, breathing person and one with a lot of life yet to live! If you want to experience your post-career season in the most purposeful and impactful way possible, this is the book for you. Who will you be afterwork?
The 10 Key Disciplines of Afterwork
Each of Afterwork’s key disciplines will help you take back control of what you can in simple, easy-to-understand ways. 4 Key Features of Afterwork
Our society declares that a self-focused, uber-comfortable, and vacation-minded retirement is what we want. That retirement is mostly a financial problem to be solved. What could possibly go wrong with double the free time and less structure in your life? But, this is where we go wrong. The retirement lie says that a successful retirement is an endless vacation based on financial security, but this way of thinking is a down payment toward purposelessness and disappointment. The afterwork mindset and its disciplines are applicable to anyone. Perhaps you’re leaving a traditional career. Your children are grown and gone. Maybe you’ve sold your business. Harder still, you may be navigating the unfathomable passing of a loved one. Preparing for and living well through these tectonic shifts requires serious reflection, intentional thinking and healthy mindsets. That’s afterwork, and its quest for you is to thrive in the most impactful, purposeful season of your life, whether you’re 45 or 75.
How Does Afterwork Help?
Afterwork is an honest discussion about the “retirement lie” and a guide to living a future worthy of God’s plan for you. Afterwork will help You’re more than the pile of money and assets in your retirement account–you’re a living, breathing person and one with a lot of life yet to live! If you want to experience your post-career season in the most purposeful and impactful way possible, this is the book for you. Who will you be afterwork?
The 10 Key Disciplines of Afterwork
Each of Afterwork’s key disciplines will help you take back control of what you can in simple, easy-to-understand ways. 4 Key Features of Afterwork
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Published May 2, 2023
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February 15, 2023
Been reading the advance reading copy of this book (thank you, Aspire Press) the entire week trying to make notes and fit what I can practice now regarding the tips the book offers.
I would say it is pretty comprehensive when it comes to planning career life in general and the general notion about life after retirement.
The first part discusses on how much we plan on elite after retirement where we would live a life of vacation. Why do we plan things at the present based on this idea? Is it worth it? I feel I have got my answer from the first part.
The second part is my favourite where it discusses on ten key disciplines which will help us progress. It is for this part I would actually get this book and recommend the same to youngsters as well as those who are busy in being busy.
The third part is a good closure for all the discussions made and why, how and what it means to be cultured, how we can define it.
Overall, a helpful read.
I would say it is pretty comprehensive when it comes to planning career life in general and the general notion about life after retirement.
The first part discusses on how much we plan on elite after retirement where we would live a life of vacation. Why do we plan things at the present based on this idea? Is it worth it? I feel I have got my answer from the first part.
The second part is my favourite where it discusses on ten key disciplines which will help us progress. It is for this part I would actually get this book and recommend the same to youngsters as well as those who are busy in being busy.
The third part is a good closure for all the discussions made and why, how and what it means to be cultured, how we can define it.
Overall, a helpful read.
June 16, 2024
I liked the thrust of this book which was to encourage people towards meaningful retirement and leaving legacies while you’re still alive and not just coasting doing nothing and then leaving your inheritance behind you. I thought that the recommendations mostly apply to young adults at the beginning of their careers as well as seniors in retirement. We should all live intentionally and desire to make meaningful impact on others and use what we have been given in service to others for the glory of God.
October 19, 2023
Another good little book about the next season of life, and living a life after retirement. Malik gives 10 practices of doing the inner work needed to define a life of purpose once your paid purpose is over. These practices help define your intentions and live out the intentions. Not so much a “how to” book as it is a “what and why” book.
August 14, 2024
This is an excellent book for anyone retiring in the next year or so. Many items were a review but others I hadn’t thought of and had good pointers for this life changing event. An easy read….
June 16, 2022
This was an enjoyable and helpful book. Interestingly, one of the first bits of advice about this book is the importance of having a retirement plan BEFORE you retire. Well, that's not quite what I did, but I'm glad a friend gave me this book as a retirement gift.
I found the last 20 pages or so the most helpful - so don't give up on it if you feel the book isn't providing the guidance/help you hoped for. Those pages provide great information, but also a pep talk of sorts.
It was eye-opening how many people struggle in retirement... with their marriage, their mental health, their plans not working as they expected, etc. This book provides what seems to be very sound advice on how to hopefully prevent those issues.
I found the last 20 pages or so the most helpful - so don't give up on it if you feel the book isn't providing the guidance/help you hoped for. Those pages provide great information, but also a pep talk of sorts.
It was eye-opening how many people struggle in retirement... with their marriage, their mental health, their plans not working as they expected, etc. This book provides what seems to be very sound advice on how to hopefully prevent those issues.
May 3, 2023
A completely different way of thinking about the journey after our income-earning years. Most of us consider the concept of "retirement" in terms of how financially prepared we are and then hitting the brakes once the work stops. This book really forces us to think more critically about why we do what we do...before and after our peak earning years. Instead of hitting the brakes, we should be accelerating toward our purpose. So cool! Highly recommended.
November 10, 2021
Outstanding! 10 cornerstone habits for retirement, written by financial planners who don't talk about financial planning, but talk about everything else that is much more important.
We used this book as a guide for a small group "retirement conversation" for those who are retired or soon to be retired.
We used this book as a guide for a small group "retirement conversation" for those who are retired or soon to be retired.
February 6, 2024
A great read if you are retired or contemplating retirement. The authors provide a solid guide in how to find purpose in your next chapter.
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February 12, 2023
Afterwork by Joel Malick and Alex Lippert is a resource for those who are planning for and entering retirement. In this book, the authors discuss the pros and cons of life after retirement and call out the ways our own career conditioning fails us. The authors speak to the ways we are conditioned to define our success as a performance return and by the amount of money we have in our savings. However, retirement and living a meaningful life after our career chapter ends is about so much more than the financial aspect.
The authors call life after retirement "the afterwork world" and remind readers that our inherent value is in being a human being and not just a laborer. By leaning in to the things we can control in the afterwork world (relationships, healthy living, managing adversity, deciding where to live, etc) we are able to become more intentional about our future and live life with more of an emphasis on the things we enjoy and value.
My favorite aspect of the book was the focus on the Ten Key Disciplines where readers are reminded of leaders including Nelson Mandela who was 75 when he became South Africa's first democratically elected president and Tolkien who was 62 when The Fellowship of the Ring was published.
This is a great book recommendation for non-fiction readers wanting to consider real life questions about the life span and what they hope to get out of it.
Thank you to the author and publisher for the e-arc copy!
The authors call life after retirement "the afterwork world" and remind readers that our inherent value is in being a human being and not just a laborer. By leaning in to the things we can control in the afterwork world (relationships, healthy living, managing adversity, deciding where to live, etc) we are able to become more intentional about our future and live life with more of an emphasis on the things we enjoy and value.
My favorite aspect of the book was the focus on the Ten Key Disciplines where readers are reminded of leaders including Nelson Mandela who was 75 when he became South Africa's first democratically elected president and Tolkien who was 62 when The Fellowship of the Ring was published.
This is a great book recommendation for non-fiction readers wanting to consider real life questions about the life span and what they hope to get out of it.
Thank you to the author and publisher for the e-arc copy!
June 6, 2023
Read this book easily over the course of a few days. I like how they list the 10 key disciplines to make it easy to follow and accessible if you want to browse your favorite or most needed. Personally, I got the most from the sections on calendar, journaling, connection, and awareness. I could see myself using this in a small group study with others soon entering retirement lots to discuss in this great book!
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