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The Retiring Mind: How to Make the Psychological Transition to Retirement Paperback – June 3, 2011

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If one or more of the following characteristics describe you, you may be at risk for suffering unpleasant mood swings and depression after retirement.• You work long hours and are successful in your career.• You are highly focused and motivated.• You enjoy competition and winning.• You have an aggressive or assertive personality.• You enjoy achieving difficult and challenging goals.• You have few outside interests not connected with your work.This book, based upon the author’s own personal experiences, leads readers on a journey of psychological and spiritual insights designed to help them cope with the challenges of this often difficult passage. It takes them through a series of self-analytical processes that identify their unique personality types, and offers guidelines, tailored to each type, for making a successful transition to retirement. Robert Delamontagne Ph.D. is the President of Fairview Imprints LLC and a leading expert on the psychological dynamics of retirement. He is the author of The Retiring Mind® Series, which are books dedicated to helping retirees manage the negative psychological effects often experienced after retirement. He is the founder and past chairman of EduNeering, Inc. (now UL). He obtained a Ph.D in educational psychology from Georgia State University and currently lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania and Marco Island, Florida with his wife Sherrilyn. He may be reached at www.theretiringmind.net.
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Retirement can often require an unexpected psychological adjustment. This is particularly true for those who were dedicated to their careers. Dr. Robert Delamontagne walks readers through a series of self-analytical processes designed to identify their personality types, and offers suggestions, tailored to each type, on how to manage this important transition. Readers gain new and valuable insights for successfully managing this new stage of life.

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Robert P. Delamontagne is founder and retired chairman of EduNeering (now UL EduNeering), one of the first technology-based education companies in the world.  Holding a PhD in educational psychology from Georgia State University,  he is recognized as a leading authority on the psychology of retirement.   He is also the author of  Honey I'm Home: How to Prevent or Resolve Marriage Conflicts Caused by Retirement.  He currently lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania and Marco Island, Florida with his wife Sherrilyn. He can be be reached at theretiringmind.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fairview Imprints LLC (June 3, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615480683
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615480688
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.54 x 8 inches
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Dr. Delamontagne has been credited as the inventor of technology-based education.

He served as the Founder, CEO and Chairman of EduNeering, Inc. (now UL EduNeering) an early pioneer in online learning. He earned a Master's and Ph.D. in educational psychology from Georgia State University. He is considered an expert in the field of retirement psychology. He has written two best selling books, `The Retiring Mind' and `Honey I'm Home.' Go to (www.theretiringmind.com) to learn more.

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Customers find the book provides good information and is a great read. The pacing receives mixed reactions, with one customer appreciating its thought-provoking content while another finds it spiritually and New Agey.

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16 customers mention "Insight"13 positive3 negative

Customers find the book insightful, providing good information and excellent advice, with one customer specifically noting the author's suggestions for alternative retirement activities and another mentioning the wonderful nod to the power of the Enneagram.

"...Rather, he provides some very intriguing ideas and a process on how you can figure the best way for YOU to go about creating your own retirement...." Read more

"An unusual look at how to cope with retirement. I found the book based basically on personality culture and spiritulism...." Read more

"Good information and things to consider before retiring" Read more

"...The author suggests alternative retirement activities that are suitable for your personality type...." Read more

4 customers mention "Reading level"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be a great read, with one customer noting it's particularly helpful for all age groups, including Baby Boomers.

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"Excellent book to read before you retire. This book will help ease your mind about what to do during your retirement...." Read more

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6 customers mention "Pacing"3 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the pacing of the book, with some finding it interesting and thought-provoking, while others note its spiritual and New Age content.

"...Those chapters are somewhat thought provoking; hence the 2-star rating rather than 1 star...." Read more

"...quiz, I found that it wasn’t even used further, and the book became spiritual and New Agey with no practical planning advice at all." Read more

"An interesting start, then I agree with the reviewer who describes it as "new age mysticism."..." Read more

"...It is peppered with references to "God" or divine energy, being a passenger on "God's train", biblical quotes, and the author says a secular view..." Read more

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  • Patrick OConnell
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for All Baby Boomers
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2010
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    The Baby Boom Generation has always believed that somehow we could stop the aging process, maintain our youthful looks and step away from our everyday lives on our terms. We are a generation who believes that we could change the world and fit it to the way we wanted to live, work and play.

    But fate and a struggling world economy is now forcing us to come to grips with some very grim facts. Today many Boomers are being forced into early retirement and they are not ready for it. They are being forced to move into the retirement phase of their lives because they are no longer needed in the workforce. Many of these people are very frustrated and suffering from deep anxiety and even depression.

    The Retiring Mind is an excellent book for someone who is facing retirement and needs some help in beginning the process of moving into the retirement phase of one's life. The author, Mr. Robert Delamontagne, does an excellent job at laying many of the concerns and frustrations he initially encountered and he then provides the reader with the ability to determine their psychological profile. He allows you to honestly look at yourself and confirm who you are and what the drivers in your life may have been to get you to this point.

    However, the author doesn't provide a step-by-step solution for how one is supposed to retire. Rather, he provides some very intriguing ideas and a process on how you can figure the best way for YOU to go about creating your own retirement. He asks you to open up your mind, your thinking and your heart to some ideas that have helped him successfully deal with his retirement. You see retirement is just not moving from the workplace to having more free time, working on your hobbies or enjoy reading a good book. For all of us, retirement is just not the beginning of the end but the act of preparing ourselves for our future.

    So If you know someone getting to retire or being forced to leave their work earlier than they planned I would highly recommend you give them this book as a retirement gift. I am sure they will always be grateful for your thoughtfulness.
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  • James Ryan
    3.0 out of 5 stars Esoteric look at Retirement
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2012
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    An unusual look at how to cope with retirement. I found the book based basically on personality culture and spiritulism. Each person, accoording to the author, has a different personality, and a person should look into himself to find out how to cope with retirement. At the heart of the book is a system called Enneagram. A system which allows you to understand yourself and others. The author started studying the Enneagram and discovered it brought him self-knowledge at a higher level. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my own personality definition as defined by the Enneagram system. If you believe that looking into your own personality and discovering who you are will help you adapt to a life of retirement, then this book maybe for you.
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  • m.r.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015
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    Good information and things to consider before retiring
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  • N. Robinson
    2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing content
    Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2010
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    After reading the 2 reviews that were online when I ordered this book, I expected an interesting psychoanalysis of retirement based on various personality types. Chapters 2 and 3 do indeed provide a modest degree of discussion of the 9 personality "enneagram types". Those chapters are somewhat thought provoking; hence the 2-star rating rather than 1 star. I would note, however, that even these chapters do not include the depth of analysis one would hope for. I.e., the description of one "enneagram type", by my count, said the same thing in three only slightly different sentences. Similarly, in the chapter that provided detail regarding how one might best approach retirement based on the reader's "enneagram type", the discussion was brief and did not include "case studies" of each type of "enneagram type"; the author's experience is evidently limited to the point where he had not encountered/analyzed "cases" of each "enneagram type".

    Chapters 4 through 6 are what the author himself refers to as "pop BS". If you don't want to read a cliched compendium of the author's weakly reasoned "happiness realizations", don't bother with this book. I found his lengthy discussion of how to find "nonlinear" satisfaction through "divine energy" to be self-serving. It would seem likely that the author decided the way to get the most satisfaction out of his retirement was continuing to be "The Master" by cramming his flimsy theories of spiritual life down his readers' throats.

    The author is kind enough to include a list of recommended readings. If one wishes to enjoy a more scholarly discussion of what personality "enneagrams" are truly about, it appears that the reader should consider reading the works of David Daniels and Virginia Price, Helen Palmer, Don Richard Riso, and Riso and Russ Hudson.
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  • mary Haas
    5.0 out of 5 stars "The Retiring Mind": Enneagram in der Praxis
    Reviewed in Germany on November 6, 2013
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    "The Retiring Mind" ist für diese Nach-der-Arbeit Lebensphase eine schöne Führung. Leistungen werden neue definiert, und transformiert. Persönliche Weiterentwicklung ist immer die Herausforderung.
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  • Mr. Wallace W. Hargrave
    4.0 out of 5 stars How to live successfully in retirement.
    Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2013
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    This book helped identify key components of personality and how that applies to one's living. It gives guidance to successful living in retirement or otherwise. I found it quite helpful.
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  • Amazon Customer
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2017
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    did not find any good
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  • Symora
    4.0 out of 5 stars Useful to read upon retirement
    Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2014
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    It was a good book to read when I retired, provided insights into what to expect. I found it interesting
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  • Daryl Reaume
    1.0 out of 5 stars ramblings
    Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2019
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    the book started out interesting in pointing out the 9 different types of personalities..but ended poorly with spiritual ramblings that seemed to loose depth
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