Hello {!firstname}:

One of the things I love most about coaching as well as delivering weekend Boot Camps and the upcoming week-long Costa Rica retreat is the opportunity to go deeper with my clients. So, I've been increasingly frustrated by 90 minute presentations. Yes, I make them highly interactive. Yes, participants walk away with some value. But, honestly, we just barely scratch the surface of what's possible.

That's why I LOVED every second of the Older, Bolder, Better Café last week in NYC. I created a café-like ambience, explained the context for the evening, and provided three powerful questions. The women in the room did the rest -- they went deeper, got more value, and left inspired and with more questions to explore than any presentation I've ever delivered. Here's the best part. Thirty minutes after the Café ended, most of the women were still lingering in the room, connecting and continuing the conversation. WOW!

So, this week, I'm going to encourage you to ask yourself, "What’s changed for you in 2009?" It's the annual exercise I request of my clients, and they're always astonished at how much they -- and their lives -- have changed in 12 short months.

Wishing you and your loved ones a wondrous holiday season.

To your endless possibilities!

Lin Schreiber, Retirement Revolutionary

What hasn't changed at Revolutionize in over three years is my one-on-one coaching fee. Effective 1/1/10, my monthly rate will go from $400 to $497. If you're ready for some big changes in 2010 – like creating an exit strategy out of your current work and/or moving into your ideal encore career – and you feel that working with me will help you get where you want to go, have I got a deal for you!

Sign up for one-on-one coaching to begin in January and I'll honor the current rate of $400/month for as long as we work together. To see if you'd be a good candidate for one of the two openings I have in January, read the FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) about my coaching, complete the Private Coaching Application (you’ll find a link in the FAQ’s) and I’ll email you an invitation for our interview about one-one-coaching.

Just submit your application no later than, Wednesday, December 30th and we’ll arrange your interview in early January!

The Older, Bolder, Better Retreat in Costa Rica is right around the corner the week of March 21-27, 2010. The deadline for deposits is February 1st, so if a trip to paradise is what you long for this winter, check it out and make your reservation. The conversation that we started at the Café last week is just the beginning of what we'll explore during this spectacular week. I'm so looking forward to it!

How About Teaching?
by Lin Schreiber, Retirement Coach

I love film. I especially love films that uplift and inspire. When they're based on a true story about a teacher who's making a difference in students' lives, I'm in heaven. I took a trip there recently when I had the privilege of seeing the outstanding documentary, Pressure Cooker.

Pressure Cooker is a fascinating journey to Frankford High School in a working class neighborhood of Philadelphia, where teacher Wilma Stephenson teaches culinary arts. This culinary arts class does not remotely resemble the home economics classes of my childhood, nor do Mrs. Stephenson's blunt, one-of-a-kind, in-your-face, boot camp-style teaching methods remind me of the gentle teachers who taught me how to make gelatin salads and cinnamon toast. But, boy, does Mrs. Stephenson get results.

The film follows the stories of three students who thrive over two semesters under Mrs. Stephenson's unorthodox tutelage, and the grand finale is the awards ceremony where scholarships to the most prestigious culinary schools in the nation are handed out. Not every student has the wherewithal to survive in Mrs. Stephenson's classroom, but those who do find themselves championed by an extraordinary woman whose purpose, passion and commitment inspires them to exceed all expectations. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be inspired by the determination -- sometimes at amazing odds -- that fuels these amazing kids forward. You'll have to see the film to see how they fare!

Granted Wilma Stephenson has been teaching for 38 years, so you could argue that it might be time she begins looking for her own encore career. But, you'd be missing the point.

According to a MetLife Survey, 40% of college-educated adults say they would consider teaching in the future. Are you one of them?

Like the former pastry chef who teaches children to cook in a fun, party setting, while imparting real life skills. Or the retired IBM executive who's making biology (his first love) interesting and fun for his middle school students. Consider which of your gifts you might bring to the classroom, how you could inspire young minds, and if the idea of teaching inspires you.

If you're thinking this might be the perfect path for you, but you're not sure and you'd like to take it for a test drive, check out Experience Corps. Experience Corps is a wonderful organization with mentoring and tutoring programs in schools around the country. You could provide literacy training for or mentor a young person at risk while you're determining if teaching is for you.

WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR EZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you keep it intact and include this blurb with it:  Encore Career Coach Coach Lin Schreiber, author of the popular ABC's of Revolutionizing Retirement, helps self-reliant women reinvent themselves in the next stage of life, formerly known as "retirement," by designing a new encore life that includes a fulfilling encore career. To claim your free Encore Career Starter Kit, visit her site at http://www.EncoreCareerStarterKit.com.

Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures and Encore.org is one of my heroes and wait until you see what he's come up with now. It's called Looking for an Encore Career? The Guide to Finding Work that Matters, and you can download it directly from the Encore.org site. It's filled with good solid information and inspiring stories. I highly recommend you get your copy ASAP.

Two more great shows coming up...

Unleash Your Creative Diva with Mary Kate Jordan on Tuesday, December 22

I'll be away on our annual anniversary trip on Tuesday, December 29, but you can listen to an encore broadcast of Hate Exercise? Give it a Tri! with Joanna Ezinga

On VoiceAmerica.com at 11:00 a.m. ET

"There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly." 

~ Lola May
 

Contact her at  www.RevolutionizeRetirement.com.

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