Retirement Just Got Turned on Its Head! All you need to do is look around to see that times are changing. The vision of a retirement spent sipping martinis and playing golf can be more of a dead end than a dream. For many of us, retirement may span 30 years or longer and will not be viewed as an isolated economic event but rather a part of ongoing life planning. The "new retirementality" is the ability to achieve the freedom to pursue your own goals, at your own pace, on your own terms, regardless of your age. The New Retirementality will help you paint a detailed portrait of your own perfect future and show you how to achieve it. The New Retirementality outlines a cleverly named concept that should be of interest to anyone uneasy with the traditional requirement that Americans totally drop one portion of their lives--the working part--simply because they've reached a certain age. Author Mitch Anthony offers, instead, an alternative for a more balanced period of later life that's based entirely on personal desires and that ultimately could change, rather than merely buck, societal norms. Demanding a "philosophical shift in life planning" as well as a "fiscal shift in resource management," it calls for carefully reviewing individual thoughts about retirement, defining activities that would make it personally meaningful (and which will likely include continued employment of some kind), and preparing for the transition well in advance by simplifying both external and internal matters. Anecdotes about those who already have done so and inspirational suggestions from Anthony should provide motivation for readers who agree that flexible, phased retirement is preferable to the jarring lifestyle change enforced upon our parents. "Retirement as we know it today," Anthony concludes, "is a relic from a time and a world that have long since passed." -- Howard Rothman Mitch Anthony has done an excellent job of articulating how retirement has changed... -- Ross Levin, CFP Mitch Anthony looks at the trends influencing today s retiree and provides a thought-provoking perspective... -- Thomas Rowley, First Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. The New Retirementality is breakthrough, revolutionary thinking about our cultural brainwashing on retirement and aging. -- Sally Hass, Life and Retirement Planning Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company The author delivers a powerful message: Financial freedom brings emancipation and a freeing of our working soul... -- Marion E. Haynes, Past President, International Society for Retirement and Life Planning Retirement Just Got Turned on Its Head! All you need to do is look around to see that times are changing. The vision of a retirement spent sipping martinis and playing golf can be more of a dead end than a dream. For many of us, retirement may span 30 years or longer and will not be viewed as an isolated economic event but rather a part of ongoing life planning. The new retirementality is the ability to achieve the freedom to pursue your own goals, at your own pace, on your own terms…regardless of your age. The New Retirementality will help you paint a detailed portrait of your own perfect future and show you how to achieve it. Mitch Anthony -- Mitch Anthony is president of Peer Power Communications, a Rochester, Minnesota-based training and communications firm, which specializes in the financial services and insurance industries. Mr. Anthony also writes and hosts the syndicated radio feature, The Daily Dose, heard on 160 stations nationwide. A living example of the new retirementality, Mr. Anthony has no plans to ever retire.