Refire! Don't Retire
Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life

The author of the "One Minute Manager" takes on retirement. Well, not really retirement, more of the funk people can get in from doing the same thing for a long time. In his fashion, Blanchard turns the lessons into a story, relatively short and sweet, of a couple in a rut. Blanchard's couple have d......more

My 84-year-old mom read this book and recommended it to her friend in her retirement community. I got a lot out of it as well as a 59-year-old, even though I'm not retiring anytime soon. Ken Blanchard and his co-author Morton Shaevitz tell an interesting story about how a retired couple reclaimed th......more

Refire! Don't Retire is written in the comfortable storytelling fashion that only Ken Blanchard can tell. The book is an easy and relaxing read about a middle aged couple, Larry and Janice Sparks, who are in a funk in their lives. They meet Dr. Jeffrey who carries them on an adventure throughout the......more

Takeaways: Focus your life on “significance” as well as success. Significance has three aspects: “generosity, service and loving relationships.” “Refiring” means recharging yourself, being enthusiastic, taking risks and facing life with zest. The refiring philosophy addresses the “heart, head, body and......more

Refire, Don’t Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life by Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz is simply the right book with the right tone at the right time in the right place … “To refire is to approach life with gusto. It's to see each day as an opportunity for adventure and learning?......more