Retirement Career Quotes

“The job you seek isn't out there in some job description, it's already inside you, aching to get out.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Use affirmations as statements of becoming, not statements of being.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Hiding or lying about your age is giving in to ageism. Don't do it! Be proud of who you are, what you know and what you've accomplished.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“In order to create your future, you have to reconcile your past.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Chase career relationships, not job postings.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Getting fired is not shameful. It just means you need to find a better fit.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“You hear a lot about "digital natives." Well, baby boomers are the "digital founders.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Practice empathy rather than sympathy.”
― John Tarnoff

“I have a full time job you see
It involves getting up each morning”
― Richard L. Ratliff

“One of the most difficult decisions that any professional person will ever face is when to retire from their chosen field. Professional ballplayers occasionally hang on until their performance becomes pitiful. It is sad to witness a shell of a former athletic star humble themselves before a crowd. After attaining a level of proficiency through devotion of time and labor, the prospect of retiring from the field of competition creates a lifestyle crisis and frequently triggers depression when the retired professional suffers from diminished ego gratification. Astute professionals realize it is better to withdraw from competition before their diminishing level of performance becomes pitiable. False pride is contemptible because it can seduce a person to continue to remain in any field longer than pragmatic.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls