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Chuks Udo Okonta
How to start a new life and create fresh opportunities have been a nightmare for many potential retirees, forcing them to always recycle in the job place.
Naturally opportunities abound in adventure, but due to fear of the unknown, many individuals who would have open a new chapter in retirement are caged in their familiar jobs.
The common trend now is that most Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who retired and are supposed to explore new opportunities, transform their businesses into holding companies and transit to the chairmanships position, indirectly retaining their positions.
Lack of adequate retirement plan and non preparation contribute greatly to why most people are afraid to let go their jobs and venture into new space to break new grounds.
The inability of these experts to break into new spheres, do not only affect them, but the general public, who would have benefited from the new opportunities that ought to be created.
Recently, a former Commissioner for Insurance in Nigeria and few of his friends came out of retirement to float a reinsurance firm, which has provided job opportunities for people across Africa.
This kind of feat, which demands boldness and tenacity, should be copied by potential and retired individuals.
How to break new grounds
*Set good retirement plans
Structuring good retirement plans, with measurable timelines would really help in breaking new grounds in retirement.
Researches have revealed that most people don’t prepared for retirement. Since they aren’t prepared, they can never venture into unfamiliar business terrain.
To break new grounds and create fresh opportunities, planning towards new ventures should start early and timelines for achievements should be well articulated
*Job transition
To effectively break new grounds and create fresh opportunities in retirement, people should use their jobs, wealth and connections to transition into new areas of interest.
*Upskill
To effectively break new grounds and create fresh opportunities, seeking relevant knowledge is very important. people should secure training on new area of interest.
*Vision
Carving a vision on the new things to be done in retirement is very necessary, as vision helps in refocusing all attention on targeted objectives.
*Good partnership
To create fresh opportunities, it is necessary to work with people of like-minds.
Working with people with same mindset would help abate the fear of failure.
*Usual temptation
Many people have failed to break new grounds because they fall for usual temptations.
Many people who would have been making great success in a venture during retirement, failed because when they were to leap into new opportunities, they were clogged by openings in their familiar jobs.
Beautiful and fresh opportunities exist for retirees who want to venture. There are new friends, lessons, experiences and opportunities to enjoy in every new venture.
People should look and take a leap into new spheres in retirement, they should not be deceived, for the job they are retiring from is not the best and they can still create great feats and give more to mankind when they venture into new career.
