{"id":42334,"date":"2025-05-16T08:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=42334"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:53:04","slug":"the-four-pillars-essential-to-work-after-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=42334","title":{"rendered":"The Four Pillars Essential To Work After Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is hard for many people to know when to retire. While I believe there is a shelf life for leaders, most of us struggle with letting go. Unless there is an early retirement incentive package with a deadline, there is often not a definite date to retire.<\/p>\n

For my monthly podcast \u201cBecoming a Sage,\u201d I interviewed Dave Ulrich, the Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He is the author of The Why of Work<\/em>. We talked about how retirees miss the social aspect of working. His experience has informed him that \u201cretirees miss the people more than the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet even if we don\u2019t miss our day jobs, retirement can be uncomfortable because we often don\u2019t know what to do next. Ulrich described it this way: \u201cWe thought the 60s and 70s would be an age of certainty, but it is an age of absolute uncertainty. The 20s are more certainty because you have a pattern of college, work, and life patterns.\u201d He continued, \u201cMost [retired]<\/p>\n

people feel better when they are pulled into something than to be pushed out.\u201d <\/p>\n

The key is to be pulled into something meaningful rather than feel pushed out.<\/p>\n

The question becomes: What are we being pulled into? Since retirement and how we spend our time is personalized, it takes time and intentional thought to figure out what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

The Four Pillars<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In The Why of Work, <\/em>Urich describes four Bs or pillars of why people work. Retirees, he argues, would be smart to know these pillars so they can replace them outside of work.<\/p>\n