THE "PARADIGM SHIFT"

"When a paradigm shifts - everyone goes back to zero - your past success guarantees you nothing - when the rules change" 

Joel Barker "The business of paradigms"

Examples of major paradigm shifts in life include:

• leaving school and going to college
• leaving education and starting work
• getting married
• getting divorced
• getting promoted
• changing employer
• being unemployed
• RETIRING!

You may feel many things now...

• loss of personal sense of standing (if you were once the "indispensable" person in your workplace)
• no longer feeling of value or "needed"
• feeling aimless and lacking energy
• elated!

A STORY:

"I was being served by a very unhelpful and grumpy person in a shop in Madeira. I  asked someone what the problem was. Had I done something wrong? 

'Oh him - dont't worry - he's going home at the end of this month' 

They meant that he was retiring and the poor fellow was obviously not looking forward to it!"

We all react differently to the massive changes that retirement brings!