NOTE FROM TRISH

What is your post-career plan?

Since the founding of LEANING OUT™ we have asked hundreds of late-stage professional women ‘What is your post-career plan?’ We have asked it in surveys, in networking salons, and in one-on-one interviews.

The answers vary from pursuing personal passions such as travel to encore careers to board directorships and a variety of other activities.

And a great many of the women we interviewed — driven, accomplished professionals — did not have a plan. I didn’t.

Like many women we interviewed, I also thought post-career had to be about choosing that one right thing. A choice that paralyzed me and prevented me from moving forward.

In our featured post, Rich Thinking® author Barbara Stewart introduces a range of ‘non-retirement’ options gleaned from her global research on women and finance. Barbara writes from the perspective of a Chartered Financial Analyst with 30+ years of investment industry experience and how she guides clients through their retirement planning decisions.

Barbara, who describes herself as a ‘recovering perfectionist,’ challenges the all-too-common perfectionism trait among women, a standard that impedes us from exploring a variety of options.

But no matter what your post-career plans are, financial security is paramount.

Backed by decades of experience as a financial advisor, Barbara spotlights three powerful questions every individual should be asking to build the financial confidence and momentum needed to bring your non‑retirement dreams to life.