What’s Next For You? by Robert and Patricia Gussin is a memoir combined with a friendly retirement guide. It’s not so much a step-by-step guide for retirement help as an inspirational look at one couple’s successful journey into a new stage of life.
Retirement as New Beginning
Vibrant, energetic and adventurous, Robert and Patricia aren’t the type people might picture when thinking about retirement. Pat prefers the word graduate rather than retire as the latter refers more to a fresh start.
Some of Robert and Patricia’s retirement advice in What’s Next For You includes:
Be Willing to Explore New Possibilities
A simple way that the Gussin’s share to do this is by asking, “Wouldn’t it be fun to…?”. There are amazing opportunities that may appear just by exploring that question.
Practice Thoughtful Impulsiveness
Avoid over analyzing situations because that often leads to procrastination. It’s necessary to take risks and action in order to move ahead.
Learn to Prioritize
Patricia Gussin had some interesting insights on her retirement plan including how she arranged her priorities and managed to find time to write. She did this by listing 5 to 10 priorities in order of importance and then sticking to them no matter what.
Robert and Patricia’s early retirement was unplanned, but it became well organized and worked out. In fact, What’s Next For You? sometimes reads like a dreamy fantasy that came true. People don’t necessarily wish others hard times, but they often are interested in hearing more about how individuals overcame obstacles. Still, it was fun reading about their adventures.
More About Robert and Patricia Gussin
Patricia Gussin’s first mystery novel Shadow of Death was an award nominated thriller and she’s since written two other novels. She's also a physician and worked in research and development for Johnson and Johnson Consumer Pharmaceuticals.
Robert has also had success with writing and made use of his wonderful sense of humor to write Trash Talk. Before that he was both the Corporate Vice-President of Science and Technology and Chief Scientific Officer at Johnson and Johnson.
Their joint ventures include several vineyards in New Zealand and the launch of the publishing company Oceanview Publishing. They realized there was a need for more publishers after attending several writing conferences.
What’s Next For You?: The Gussin Guide to Big Changes, Big Decisions, & Big Fun (Oceanview Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-933515-731) is a short read that gives hope to others embarking on new beginnings, because it clearly proves life doesn’t stop at retirement. This would also be an appropriate inspirational book for people interested in either early retirement or changing careers.
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