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 enlarge | Author: Marc Freedman
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Category: Book
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Rating:  28 reviews
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1586486349
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9781586486341
ASIN: 1586486349
Publication Date: August 25, 2008
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 Empathetic, thoughtful and smart July 5, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Marc Freedman's Encore is empathetic, thoughtful and smart. It fits what lots of people like me want to do and at the same time be part of something that matters. I'm retired from a paycheck but not retired. I love to play tennis and do so but not every day or all day. I love to read history and novels but not all day. I'm an active guy and spend time working on lots of issues. On none of these matters am I alone. There are plenty of others.
What Freedman has accomplished here is to write stories about people that fill a social mosaic that captures the promise of America. Freedman shows us how we can be inventive, innovative and imaginative, shunning isolation, using our talents on what he names as career recyclers, or career changers, or career makers.
As we live longer and healthier Freedman takes us past the conventional to show those of us who are getting older how we can be part of the future and still enjoy our grandchildren. This is not about magic but it will be magical if we create the public and political will to create room for those who want to work on what matters. It will add to our legacy of lives that contribute to our shared and diverse communities.
ahead of the curve July 5, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Marc Freedman converts our ageing population from a potential problem into a great opportunity in a thoughtful and inspiring fashion. Non-profit and public sector executives will be facing increasing talent short-falls and Encore offers great advice on one of the primary places where we ought to be looking.
Max Stier, President & CEO, Partnership for Public Service
Insightful, inspiring July 4, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Marc Freedman's vision of an "encore career" has special resonance for this reader since it coincides with my realization at age 61 that the best of life is still to come and that the way of fulfilling the promise of the final years is not so much to retire to the putting green as to put my accumulated skills and experience to work in the ultimate adventure of healing a wounded world.
Though we may have less physical strength than in earlier decades (though I find myself more active and ready to try new, over-the-edge activities), in many respects we "double sixties" have more to offer than ever before -- a greater capacity to focus, a clearer sense of purpose, a range of specialized skills, and a wealth of experience on which to draw to apply to our chosen interests. As a generation blessed with better health, more family stability, a more expansive education, and a cultural optimism that are all harder to find in more recent generations, we bring to the predicament of the present moment a host of abilities and a youthful energy that are both welcome and urgently needed. It's not that we'll in any sense "rescue" the world (we've been part of the problem long enough!), but that together with younger generations our experience and skills can be enormously useful in getting us out of the collective mess we've created for ourselves.
The notion of an encore career gives a name to the inchoate impulse on the part of the "Peter Pan generation" to do something useful with the extra few decades of good health and vigor that have been bequeathed to so many of us. Marc is right in saying that in the absence of such a "give-back" movement, the generation that succeeds us will be overwhelmed with the burden of supporting us in our dotage. And there's no reason why they should have to carry our weight when we ourselves are capable of so much. "Encore" delineates a path that meets the need for "generativity" long ago identified as essetnial to health and contentment in an elder generation -- a sense that one's time on earth has had a meaning and purpsoe and that one's efforts have made a difference to the world.
The encore career, whether for pay or as a volunteer, within an organization or on one's own, provides a structure and story within which many of us with the spark still burning within us can find our sense of common purpose. In words that are themselves both passionate and playful, Marc Freedman makes the case for a second chance and a second wind. As one who feels that breeze at his back, I salute Marc's vision and commend it to others.
Mark Sommer
Trinidad, California
Outstanding July 3, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I picked this book up because my mother is a volunteer with Experience Corps in Philadelphia and it's eye opening. It seems like such a simple idea, but what an insight -- brilliant! The potential of this wave of boomers changing the world is a powerful vision for the future, and Freedman does an outstanding job capturing this nascent movement.
Freedman's book is a quick, interesting read that packs a punch. It's the perfect gift for a boomer who is thinking about what to do with the rest of their life.
I particularly enjoyed the compelling stories of the pioneers who are igniting the powder keg. I wholeheartedly recommend this book!
Retirement Red, White and Blues July 3, 2007
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have commented on how this book derides leisurely retirement but there are few American retirees I know who are happy doing nothing. Most enjoy their freedom by giving back in one way or another, and in this book, Marc Freedman gives those of us who have yet to make retirement choices a roadmap to finding fulfillment and making the sort of difference to our collective community that may not have been afforded to us in our working lives. It's a good read as well as an important book. If you or anyone you know is about to retire or already planning for evental retirement, don't miss this book!
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