Retirement and What it Means
Life for me is about not ‘working’ – I retired from ‘work’ a long time ago. Work for me, is doing the things I don’t enjoy – cleaning out the garage for example. When faced with these ‘work’ situations, I quickly hatch a plan to do it in the shortest possible time and with the minimum of effort, I then go at it furiously until it is done! This is because I don’t like to work!
Now, talk about what I do like to do and that revolves around my various businesses, drumming, golf, martial arts, traveling, reading, writing, cooking, eating, drinking and spending time with my friends and family – so anything I do in these areas, I do because I want to do it.
I hear a lot of executives and business people talk about the work/life ‘balance’ and this is where a lot of people go wrong. Life is about prioritizing – some days its work and others its family, you do what you need to do, when you need to do it. If you are employed, then you may have to find a job with more flexibility, if you are in business…then that’s one of the reasons for being in business anyway
~ Neil
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