Russ Fahrner was born in Chicago in 1949. He recently celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife Pat. They have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. A highlight this year was taking his grandson, Eli for college visits. He loves Florida and resides there 4 months of the year. His passion beside family is water and boating. Russ attended Quigley South and graduated from St. Ignatius High School. He has a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University (Winona, Minnesota), a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University and an ESL teaching degree from the College of Lake County. Russ’s work experiences... Read More
Embrace Retirement: The Pro-Active Seven Step Guide to Discover “Now What?”
June 9, 2018
Trade paperback
$20.00
The issues that you confront, the plans that you execute, and the results you mindfully reflect upon will produce a retirement experience that will help answer the question….”Now What?”.
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Russ Fahrner
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Bruce Bohrer
Bruce Bohrer was born and raised in the Chicago area. He earned both his bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in counseling psychology at the University of Illinois. Upon receipt of his master’s degree, he worked as a college counselor, first at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois, and then at Harper College in suburban Chicago. After a few years as a counselor at Harper, Bruce transitioned into the admissions office and spent his last 20 years or so as director of admissions for the College. Bruce was quite young when he retired from Harper, leaving the College in December of... Read More
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Summary
After taking time to transition from an emotional exit from a career, the time of retirement will begin. Will you embrace this new era with focus, emotion and energy that will provide great results?
We believe that the retiree needs to create a retirement identity that is based on three factors:
How you have fun
How you make a difference
How you share & care about family & friends.
We also believe that the retiree needs to be ready to accept change and be receptive to new doors opening. Many retirees have built a career by being extremely passionate about their work life. Now, in the retirement era, how do you replace or change that passion for new or rekindled passions that will help define who you are in
retirement?
We feature a 7 step guide that includes the following components:
• Work
• Finances
• Living arrangements
• Relationships
• Health & fitness
• Hobbies & activities
• Events & social networks
Retirement is an adventure. Planning is essential to embrace this adventure
The issues that you confront, the plans that you execute, and the results you mindfully reflect upon will produce a retirement experience that will help answer the question….”Now What?”.