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Purposeful Retirement: How to Bring Happiness and Meaning to Your Retirement (Retirement gift for men)

Purposeful Retirement: How to Bring Happiness and Meaning to Your Retirement (Retirement gift for men)

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Retirement and Good Living

“This book is packed with wise advice for anyone staring down the barrel of retirement.” ─Marshall Goldsmith, business educator and New York Times bestselling author.

#1 Best Seller in Aging and Volunteer Work

Welcome to your new life of retirement and good living. Welcome to a purposeful retirement.

Perfect retirement gift. Are you getting ready to simplify life and move from the world of work to a life of retirement and good living─to enter a happy retirement? Purposeful Retirement is the gift for that special retiree.

Hyrum W. Smith, the author of Purposeful Retirement, is an award-winning author, distinguished speaker, and successful businessman. He is one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner, the former Chairman and CEO of Franklin Covey Co., and the recognized “Father of Time Management”. For four decades Hyrum empowered people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. In Purposeful Retirement, Hyrum combines wit and enthusiasm with compelling principles that inspire lasting personal change. He encourages you to discover your true passion and try new possibilities. Learn how you can move from your world of work, simplify life, and enter what can be the most satisfying phase of your life─a new world of purposeful retirement.

Aging well and a happy retirement. You have had a successful career by almost all measures and now you are concerned about aging well and looking toward a happy retirement. You are definitely not a couch potato.

  • How are you going to create a retirement that is meaningful and inspiring?
  • Can you simplify life?
  • Is there a way to make intelligent and anxiety free retirement planning choices?
  • Can you learn from the lives and experiences of people who have found their pathway to happy retirement?
  • What are their secrets to a happy retirement?

 

If you are a fan of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, you'll love Purposeful Retirement.

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  • Hyrum W. Smith

    Hyrum W. Smith is a distinguished author, speaker, and businessman. Hyrum was one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner. In 1983 he co-founded the Franklin Quest Company to produce the planner and train individuals and organizations in the time management principles on which the planner was based. In 1997 it became the Franklin Covey Company. Hyrum stepped down as Chairman & CEO in 1999. He continued as Vice-Chairman of the Board until 2004.

    For four decades, he has been empowering people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. Hyrum’s books and presentations have been acclaimed by American and international audiences. He combines wit and enthusiasm with a gift for communicating compelling principles that incite lasting personal change.

    Hyrum is the author of several nationally-acclaimed books, including The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, What Matters Most, The Modern Gladiator, You Are What You Believe and he co-authored Excellence Through Time Management.

    Hyrum grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and then spent two years in London, England. He returned from London and was drafted into the army.

    He was married in 1966 to Gail Cooper while on leave. They have six children (five living) and 24 grandchildren (22 living).

    After graduating Honor Graduate from Officers Candidate School, he commanded a Pershing Missile unit in Germany. Hyrum graduated from Brigham Young University in 1971 in Business Management.

    Hyrum has received numerous honors and community service awards, including the following:

    • International Entrepreneur of the Year by Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management in 1993

    • Three honorary doctorate degrees

    • SRI Gallup Hall of Fame and Man of the Year Award in 1992

    • Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America

    • Inducted into the Utah Business Hall of Fame

    Hyrum enjoys golfing, shooting pistols and rifles, listening to classical music, horse riding and spending time with his family at his ranch in southern Utah.