What will your 100-year life look like? Does the thought of working for
60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a
more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time?
Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage
approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then
retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to
collapse. Life expectancy is rising, final-salary pensions are vanishing
and increasing numbers of people are juggling multiple careers.
Whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very
differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life
in completely new ways. The 100-Year Life is here to help. Drawing on
the unique pairing of their experience in psychology and economics,
Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott offer a broad-ranging analysis as well as
a raft of solutions, showing how to rethink your finances, your
education, your career and your relationships and create a fulfilling
100-year life.
The 100-Year Life is a wake-up call that describes what to expect and
considers the choices and options that you will face. It is also
fundamentally a call to action for individuals, politicians, firms and
governments and offers the clearest demonstration that a 100-year life
can be a wonderful and inspiring one.
