The 100-Year Life MP3 CD – MP3 Audio, July 4, 2017

Higher expected longevity cannot really be supported with the traditional three-stage life: education-work-retirement. New, more flexible and diverse life stage models have been spontaneously developing. Additional life stages not driven by age but by activities can be discerned: Explorer – when in a formal and planned way we decide to pause or postpone our work to acquire new skills or gain new experiences; an Independent Producer – when we may change a work mode from managerial to producer track; and Portfolio Stage – when we may engage in few concurrent work streams to capitalize on our diverse knowledge making it available in not full time chunks. To successfully manage an 80 year long work life we need to become adept not only in managing our financial but also emotional and transitional assets. Both, us and our employers will likely evolve to accommodate this new longevity challenge.

Instead of thinking about retiring at 65, and living till 85, we need to think about living to 100, and retiring around 80. But instead of working nonstop from now until 80, these authors creatively explain the thought process of how we should view our working lives from here on out.This book may help you understand the millennial in your life who has yet to embrace typical life responsibilities that previous generations Have accepted I.e taken for granted at this same stage of life.Just don’t let the millennial read this book, might give them some good excuses not to embrace life‘s responsibilities that previous generations have had at their age. LOL#100yearMillenialLife

I am 88 years oldand for many years long ago in my younger days I half jokingly said I wanted to live to be 120 years old if I could remain sound of mind. Now according to your article perhaps witha little bit of luck Ijust may be able to achieve my goa!. I am a reader with about 4 or 5 kindles which I keep charged up at all times. I rarely watch TV, getting my news about politics. national and international news on my kindle. There are lots of things I will willingly give up but not one on of my kindles. I read the New York Times , the Washington Post and a couples others daily. only one complaint please a few fewer stories of DT. Other than that, keep up the good work. Joan Draper.

I made it just over 20% through this book. The premise is interesting -- the lead-in statistics quite gripping -- a middle-age person today has even odds of living to 95 -- we truly do not think in this mindset.But what the authors *do* with it will not surprise anyone who is smart. They spent many pages going down the basics of compounding interest and retirement. If you're the type who needs to have this worked out for you, you may enjoy this book. Compounding interest is fundamental to how I see the world, and this section was a huge bore.The authors then proceeded to talk about planning a life for a century. What they said would surprise no one who reads the news. They talk about the disappearance of factory labor, population inversion and pensions, the growth of service industry, etc. The basic groupthink of today. They project out into the next 10 or so years using, again, the groupthink of the day. Nothing was really surprising or interesting here. So I stopped reading it.I always read reviews with an eye of how a smart/educated person may like a book, I was genuinely mislead by the reviews I read thinking that I would get something new/interesting from this book. But I didn't. I hope my review will help some folks. I do think many people will enjoy this book, but not people like me.

I would say this is a essential read for everybody older than 20.The book is practical and filled with golden nuggets to provoke thoughts on work, money and relationships.Difficult concepts is explained in a simple way way great examples to bring the principals home.Enjoy reading the book and using what will support you to life a meaningful and prosperous life now and in the future.

This book is encouraging for those of us who are 76. My husband and I hike, travel, entertain and are involved in many volunteer organizations. I love the concept of the 5 tiered life and multiple careers. And by the way, after a career as a feature, travel writer and handwriting analyst, I now have the luxury of writing books. My third novel, "Making a Killing" will be released shortly. My novels are about a handwriting analyst called Adelaide Stubbs who solved mysterious with her unique skill. Check out "Write is Wrong" and "Literary Terrorist" by Claire S. Cabot

Just finished this book and really recommend it. Not just to reflect about ourselves, but even more for our children. The children born after 2000, have a quite significant probability to live up to 105, 107 years. As such, the current typical model of a 3 stages life; education, career, retirement, fails completely, and in its place a multi stage, age-agnostic model is emerging. A mix of traditional working patterns, entrepreneurship, further education, concurrent part-time roles and so on. Crucially this f needs to be maintained into their 80s in order to accumulate the necessary financial resources. Hence, equipping our children with the mindset and ability to un-learn, re-learn and re-skill themselves becomes a priority.

This book is a "must read" for almost everyone - if you are a parent, a grandparent, or anyone under 40, you really need to read this book! The 100 Year Life taps into the major demographic shift that is going on as we are living longer, healthier lives, and how this results in the need to rethink the entire life course - the nature of work, education, and how we think about time and how we use it. The book gives a very practical take on what today's young people, who are likely to live into their 90s and 100s, need to think about as they navigate this longer life course and how it will shift how people think about work, retirement, and relationships.

Lo que describe no es nuevo, ya que es a lo que todo trabajador del mundo moderno se esta enfrentando. Sin embargo, mucha gente parece estar viviendo en esta situación de “multietapas” de vida sin darse cuenta, queriendo aferrarse a una vida laboral tradicional. Lo que más me gustó es que pone en discusión muchos temas importantes como la salud mental, el balance de vida personal y laboral, la capacidad multifacética del ser humano, la discriminación por edad, entre otros. Pienso que este libro debería ser una referencia para los departamentos de Recursos Humanos, así como para los gobernantes encargados de las políticas laborales y de bienestar.

Great informative book. Have it in paperback but also got the latest edition on kindle....

Good paperback

This is a wonderful book. In view of the magnitude of the changes that the world is going through, it is necessary to reflect on what are the impacts that these changes will bring to ours in a longer time horizon. The book brings precious insights.

Great book on how to approach a life in which there is now an extended Act III. It embodies a very wholistic perspective on how we move through the life cycles and how this movement has changed significantly between generations. Getting our financial houses in order is important but there is much more than that when it comes to living a long and healthy and happy life.