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"...There’s
a real myth around reinvention, particularly when you talk about people in
their 60s and 70s,” said Nancy Collamer of Old Greenwich, Conn., a
semiretirement career expert and author of Second-Act
Careers. “Why would you want to throw away all of that life and work and
professional experience? It’s so much more about reconfiguring, taking the old
and blending it with the new and coming up with something that’s going to
excite you in the second half of the third quarter....”
"...One of the things that drives me crazy is the comment,
'I can't do anything but teach,' "Mrs. Ardito said. I say, 'If you can
relate to kids, normally you can relate to anyone.' The skills are
transferable. I've met people who were working in hospital admissions - they
bring their caring skills, their knowledge of computers, of developing
programs...."
Read the
complete New York Times article HERE.
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