Author page: George Schofield

New Rule for Life #3: Keep your professional networks active and current.

New Rule for Life #3: Keep your professional networks active and current.

Most of us now in or thinking about our “retirement years”, whether we’re still working full or part time or not, grew up with a 4 stage life model: 1. Childhood 2. Education 3. Work and Family 4. Retirement What has changed? “Retirement” has developed multiple forms and there is no one way to do it, much less do it…

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New Rule for Life #2: Working Longer and Keeping Your Skills Current

New Rule for Life #2: Working Longer and Keeping Your Skills Current

New Rule for Life #2: Remain able and qualified to work well into your 80s and beyond. Track where work-for-pay is going AND keep your marketable skills and certifications current/relevant. She came to me for advice. Not financial advice. That’s not what I do and, besides, she already has a great financial advisor. “What can I do to make some…

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Authorship and the Pregnant Elephant

Authorship and the Pregnant Elephant

Among my many After 50 male and female readers, there is a lot of serious talk about writing books. People are writing sexy women’s fiction, a history of a formerly secret university society, travel recommendations, a practical handbook to learning new technologies, a collection of stories about falls in the shower, an imaginary tale of circumventing the globe as the…

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Life Literacy In The New Normal.  How Do You Rank Yourself?

Life Literacy In The New Normal. How Do You Rank Yourself?

My new book, How Do I Get There From Here?  is due out in August from the American Management Association (AMACOM, publisher).  In it I cite Financial Literacy and the importance of being able to work with a great financial advisor, as key competencies in the New Normal. I recently attended a Financial Literacy Day conference arranged and sponsored by the…

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What’s Different About Financial Advising In The New Normal?

What’s Different About Financial Advising In The New Normal?

I recently interviewed an experienced financial planner to discuss how financial planning and the advice people need has changed in The New Normal. George: What was your work like when you first came into the Financial Services industry? Financial Planner: It used to be so much simpler in the Old Normal when the norm for my clients was to predictably…

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