Living Your Best Third Act – a conversation with author Milan Schwarzkopf

Milan Schwarzkopf was a hard-working IT project manager who applied his professional skills to planning his retirement. The outcome is his Amazon bestselling book, How to Live Your Best Third Act.In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation Milan Schwarzkopf explains to host Michael Millward the four essential elements of a successful retirement.During his conversation with Michael, Milan offers listeners his plan for the first six months of retirement. Nutrition. Proper diet. Sugar – as little as possible. Salt - as little as possible. Limit or cut alcohol. No tobacco or nicotine. Exercise. Move your body every day Stress – learn how to manage it. Sun – get adequate sun exposure. Sleep – have enough sleep.  Social- build community and friendships Stay intellectually engaged: Don't stop learning. Read books. Have meaningful conversations. Detox Toxins. Stop getting them to your body. Compassion including compassion for yourselfRest and Recreation is Made on Zencastr, because creating on Zencastr is so easy.If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr use our offer code ABECEDER.Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fm for introducing me to Milan. Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.TravelMilan is based in Prague. Members of The Ultimate Travel Club travel at trade prices. Use our offer code ABEC79 to receive a discount on club membership.Visit Abeceder for more information about Michael Millward, and Milan Schwarzkopf.Proactive Positive Ageing. It is always a good idea to know the risks early so that you can take appropriate actions to maintain good health, that is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test.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.A Personal Wellness Hub gives access your easy-to-understand results and guidance to help you make effective lifestyle changes anytime via your secure, personal Wellness Hub account.Visit York Test and use this discount code ABECEDER2.Being a GuestIf you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.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, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!Thank you to you for listening.