The 100-year life : living and working in an age of longevity / Lynda Gratton AND Andrew Scott.

  • Gratton, Lynda
Date:
2016
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

One hundred year life
Living and working in an age of longevity

Description

Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse life expectancy is rising, final-salary pensions are vanishing, and increasing numbers of people are juggling multiple careers. Whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life in completely new ways. The 100-Year Life is here to help. Drawing on the unique pairing of their experience in psychology and economics, Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott offer a broad-ranging analysis as well as a raft of solutions, showing how to rethink your finances, your education, your career and your relationships and create a fulfilling 100-year life. The 100-Year Life is a wake-up call that describes what to expect and considers the choices and options that you will face. It is also fundamentally a call to action for individuals, politicians, firms and governments and offers the clearest demonstration that a 100-year life can be a wonderful and inspiring one.

Publication/Creation

London : Bloomsbury Information, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Physical description

264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.

Contents

Living: the gift of a long life -- Financing: working for longer -- Working: the employment landscape -- Intangibles: focusing on the priceless -- Scenarios: possible selves -- Stages: new building blocks -- Money: financing a long life -- Time: from recreation to re-creation -- Relationships: the transformation of personal lives

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    History of Medicine
    UYC.U.AA10

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ISBN

  • 9781472930156
  • 1472930150