Welcome to the X.

What is a successful retirement? It’s a bit more tangible to think of success during your work life but in retirement? During our work life, we can chart our progress by our wealth, our title or some other metric that makes sense to us. In…

Where does motivation come from? As a child, my motivation came from fear or the desire to please. As a teen, my motivation came from fear or the desire to achieve. As an adult in the workforce, my motivation came from fear and the need…

Life’s opportunities aren’t always planned. And if you’re open to possibilities, the road can be filled with great, unexpected surprises.  In this episode, you’ll hear the story of a man who learned to embrace the unknown at a young age rather than follow a linear…

Winter in my New Jersey suburbs is a time when you don’t see as much wildlife as you would in other seasons. The deer, raccoons, wild turkeys, foxes and chipmunks are hiding. Other than the occasional blue jay, most birds have traveled to more hospitable…

Success is fairly easy to pinpoint during our working years. At least, in terms of being able to quantify factors such as financial, career and family. But in life after work, the idea of success must be adjusted. Chapter X isn't about climbing a corporate…

Whether you get your news from hard copy newspapers, digitally or on TV, headlines are prominent. They’re intentionally created to draw your eye for further investigation. Of course, I was thinking about this the other day and decided to experiment with making a daily headline…

Something we often don’t realize until later in life is that time is our single most valuable resource. When work ends, we finally have control over how we spend our time—and it’s up to us to make the most of it. Volunteering your time to…

Ideas are great. Intentions are wonderful. But where’s the accountability?   During our work lives, we are accountable to someone (our employers/clients/customers, etc). But in Chapter X, that accountability is no longer there. Going from thought to action takes motivation and accountability to someone or…