A High Achievers Guide to Retirement – a conversation with Retirement Transition Expert Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons

Why do high achievers find it so difficult to adjust to life in retirement?Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons was a high achieving lawyer in a big firm, until the day she decided that she didn’t want to be. Moving into retirement was hard work. Once settled into a new lifestyle Elizabeth wrote the guide for transitioning from work to retirement.That book is Encore A High Achievers Guide to Retirement.In their conversation Elizabeth and host Michael Millward discuss Why high achievers at work find it difficult to adjust to life in retirement How life changes more dramatically for high achievers when they no longer have the structure of work Adjusting from using quantitative measures to qualitative assessments Moving from a team-based environment to flying solo Defining the who, what, why, when and how of retirement activities Transitioning from reacting to a work-related event to being the creator of your own events The difference between retirement planning and preparing for retirementYou can find more information about Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons and Michael at ABECEDER.co.ukAudience Offers – listings include links that may create a small commission for Rest and RecreationBuy Encore A High Achievers Guide to Retirement from AmazonTravel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break to anywhere in the world and pay  trade prices on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote referral code WPFNUQHU.If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.Remember, at Abeceder we don’t tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!Being a GuestIf you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a membership discount.We recommend potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.Thank you to you for listening.We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.