Category: Inspiration
Reinvention Writing Prompt of the Day–Define ‘honeymoon’.
I like this quote from Mark Patterson’s post on gotoretirement.com.
“Waiting for something different to happen after you retire is not a plan and may lead to discontent.”
You can also find some good ideas for a proactive retirement in this aboutboomers.net post.
Reinvention Writing Prompt of the Day–Think different.
This list of 50 Tips for a Healthy, Wealthy, Happy Retirement should provide a few good starting points.
A few of my favorites:
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Find a motto for your retirement plan.
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Come out of retirement for a career switch.
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Get a dog.
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Learn a new skill.
Reinvention Writing Prompt of the Day
Here are a few suggestions from Melyssa Griffin on how she enhances her creative side. You’ve probably tried most or all of these, but they serve as worthy reminders.
Reinvention Writing Prompt of the Day
From a creative standpoint, how will life be different a year from now?
In her YouTube video, Creative Reinvention: The Power to Choose, Elaine Shelly says, “‘Choosing’ is saying yes to that nagging voice, it’s saying yes to your dreams and goals.”
Will this coming year require your ‘saying yes’?
Curation Corner: TED Talks
I can’t even remember what made me decide to include a couple of TED talks per week into my ‘procrastination schedule’, but I’m glad I did…especially when you consider what Adam Grant has to say in …
The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
- ‘Originals’ live in a sweet spot between the pre-crastinators [those who ‘panic and complete projects waaaay ahead of time] and procrastinators.
- Successful originals are often late to the party. A quote from his research: The failure rate of ‘first movers’* was 47%, while the failure rate of ‘improvers’ was 8%. Examples: Facebook came after MySpace. Google came after Yahoo and Alta Vista.
- “You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones.”
- Originals fear failure just like the rest of us. But they are even more afraid of failing to try.
*I guess you could say they too are originals. Shrug.
Ran across this in an email from 