Victory Lap Retirement: Work While You Play, Play While You Work

The rules of retirement have changed and there’s more at risk than ever. People are living longer and have to finance as many years in retirement as they had in their entire working career. So what will thirty or forty years, or more, in retirement look like for you?

The old idea of full-stop retirement—going from 100 percent work mode to 100 percent leisure mode—is now neither sustainable nor desirable. Besides, many studies have shown that those who stay engaged, challenged, and stimulated stay healthier and live longer.

The key is to work because you want to and not because you have to. Victory Lap Retirement shows you how to create the post-employment lifestyle that’s right for you, and how to develop and integrate a financial plan with your vision for this special period in your life—a unique blend of work and play that allows you to live life to the fullest, on your terms, while you are young enough to enjoy it. Intentionally design for yourself a vibrant, sustainable lifestyle, and live your life with more balance, purpose, and fulfillment than ever before.

“The new retirement-planning model requires new styles of planning and preparedness, and that is what you’ll find in Victory Lap Retirement. This masterpiece provides powerful tips, techniques, and secrets that can transform a boring, traditional retirement into an exciting one.”

—From the Foreword, by Ernie Zelinski, best-selling author of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and The Joy of Not Working

The key to a happy retirement may be . . . not retiring.

The rules of retirement have changed and there’s more at risk than ever. People are living longer and have to finance as many years in retirement as they had in their entire working career. So what will thirty or forty years, or more, in retirement look like for you?

The old idea of full-stop retirement—going from 100 percent work mode to 100 percent leisure mode—is now neither sustainable nor desirable. Besides, many studies have shown that those who stay engaged, challenged, and stimulated stay healthier and live longer.

The key is to work because you want to and not because you have to. Victory Lap Retirement shows you how to create the post-employment lifestyle that’s right for you—a unique blend of work and play that allows you to live life to the fullest, on your terms, while you are young enough to enjoy it.

• Learn when you’re financially ready to run your own unique Victory Lap—a special period in life with more balance, purpose, and fulfillment than ever before.

• Create a life you don’t have to, or want to, retire from—and turn your paycheck into a “playcheck.”

• Develop a financial plan for your Victory Lap and integrate it seamlessly with your lifestyle planning.

• Determine how much you can spend, whether you need to save and how much, and the level of income you need in Victory Lap.

• Intentionally design for yourself a vibrant, healthy, low-stress, sustainable lifestyle by staying active and engaged in a Victory Lap.