MONTH 6 / MEETING 1

Book: Discuss Chapter 8-9 “THE LONGEVITY PREMIUM: SIX GREAT BENEFITS OF AGING THAT SENIORS SAVOR” & “PREPARING FOR THE THREE STAGES OF RETIREMENT”

BOOK DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 8 1. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? DO YOU SEE THE COMING YEARS OF RETIREMENT AS

A LONG, DOWNWARD SLOG? OR DO YOU VIEW THE FUTURE AS A GOLDEN

OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THINGS YOU COULDN’T BEFORE? OR ARE YOU

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN?

2. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SIX LONGEVITY PREMIUMS IN THIS CHAPTER.

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANY OF THESE BENEFITS YOURSELF? HOW?

3. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU COULD USE YOUR RETIREMENT YEARS TO DEEPEN

YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE?

4. DO YOU EVER FEEL GOD IS CALLING YOU TO ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOU WERE

NOT ABLE TO FULFILL DURING YOUR WORKING LIFE?

CHAPTER 9 1. THERE ARE THREE STAGES OF RETIREMENT OUTLINED IN THE CHAPTER.

LIST THEM HERE: THEN NOTE A PERSON OR COUPLE YOU KNOW WHO ARE

IN EACH STAGE.

2. WHICH OF THESE STAGES OF RETIREMENT ARE YOU IN RIGHT NOW? OR

ARE YOU IN THE PREPARATION STAGE?

3. WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES AND TASKS FOR YOU DURING THIS

STAGE OF RETIREMENT OR PREPARATION?

4. ONE OF THE CONSISTENT THEMES THROUGH ALL THREE STAGES OF

RETIREMENT IS THE NEED TO EVALUATE, DEVELOP AND UTILIZE YOUR

RESOURCES. BUT PERHAPS YOU HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE

WISDOM AND INSIGHT YOU HAVE BUILT UP OVER A LIFETIME. TAKE SOME

TIME AND WRITE DOWN THE KEY GIFTS YOU HAVE, BOTH NATURAL AND

SPIRITUAL. THIS ANALYSIS CAN HELP PREPARE YOU FOR DEVELOPING AND

USING THESE GIFTS DURING YOUR NEXT LIFE-STAGE.