Your Third Act: A Guide to a Great Retirement

Retirement triggers many changes in our life and prompts new questions. What will it mean to be retired? What do I have to do to be ready? How will my life be different? What are the risks and rewards of this stage of my journey? Will these be my golden years? How will my relationships change? If you are already retired, what can you do to make this the most satisfying time of your life? A play or movie has three acts. The way a story finishes leaves an audience satisfied or disappointed. Whether your first two acts have been great, mediocre, or difficult, you can still choose to make your third act a great one. The baby boom generation is already entering the Third Act of their story. Geriatric psychiatrist William S. Cook, Jr., M.D. along with motivational speaker Grant D. Fairley explore the challenges and opportunities of the retirement years. What you need to know about: Finding Satisfaction - Staying Young - Family - Retirement - Purpose - Health - Friendships - Perspective - Aging Well - Meaning - Choices - Opportunities - Generations - Grief - Service - Relationships - Legacy. How will you use the resources of time, knowledge, and experience that you have accumulated? After a lifetime spent seeking, discovering, and achieving - what is left? What can you do to make the years ahead, your best yet? What will you choose to do with the time you have left? If you are approaching retirement, already retired, or want to understand those who are - this book is for you.CHAPTER TITLES* Your Third Act * Party On! * Climbing the Tree * Maple Syrup * Bon Voyage * Exploring the Pasture * Creating Your Business Card * Around Your Campfire * The Return of Wonder * Wikis and Wakes * Birds of a Feather * A Good Sport * Keeping Bees * Nothing to Fear * The Black Dog * Time & Treasure * Just One More Thing... * Family of Choice* Generation Next * Breaking the Chains * There's No Place Like Home * The Best Medicine * Over the Rainbow * State Occasions * Tug of War * They Weren't Kidding After All * Golden Sunsets or Low Winter Sun * Older & Wiser * Feathers Fins and Fur * A Single Focus * Once Upon a Time * Good Morning, Good Morning! * Profits and Losses * Next to the Greatest Generation * Scrooge & Sawyer * Predicting the Weather * What's Left in Your Box? * Cupid's Arrows * Good Will * Improving Your Serve * Do You Mind? * Chasing the Dream * Try to Remember * Moon River * License to Kill * Telling Tales * Lean On Me * Empty Chairs and Empty Tables * The Rest is History * The Last Stop * The Grey Havens * The Music Box * A Prayer for the Ages * Second Wind * The Curtain Rises Once Again * A Wheaton Moment * About the Authors

William S. Cook, Jr., M.D., is a board certified outpatient psychiatrist who provides outpatient treatment in a confidential, private office setting in both Jackson, Mississippi, and Natchez.

Dr. Cook treats patients from ages 18 and upwards for a variety of psychiatric issues that include mood disorders, ADHD, relationship issues, and opioid dependence. He is the co-author of "Your Third Act - A Guide to a Great Retirement", "Discover Your Oasis - Escape Compassion Fatigue," and contributed to "New Hope for Concussions, TBI & PTSD."

Grant D. Fairley is an executive coach and inspirational speaker with Strategic Seminars. His coaching and seminars cover a wide range of topics, including leadership, finance, team building, sales training, relationships, personal development, motivation, conflict management and more. He serves corporate and government leaders, lawyers, physicians, senior sales professionals, and educators to enhance and develop their careers and personal effectiveness. Grant is a graduate of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

Over the years, he has had a liberal arts life, with a range of leadership, education, and consulting activities. Teaching, writing, and encouraging others are common threads in the many roles. In addition to writing books, he is the co-author of a number of patents relating to technology and healthcare.

His book, "Look Up - Way Up! The Friendly Giant" is the biography of televisions beloved Robert Homme."Up to the Cottage - Memories of Muskoka" tells the tales of the charm of an old family cottage in the 1900s and the love of cottage life. He co-authored with his friend and colleague, Michael H. Lanthier, "Own Your Future - Wisdom for Wealth and a Better Tomorrow." It introduces readers to the big ideas of personal investment and career planning. "Your Third Act - A Guide to a Great Retirement" is co-authored with geriatric psychiatrist and friend, Dr. Bill Cook. The book explores preparing yourself for the opportunities and challenges of retirement. It also guides those in retirement to have an enjoyable and meaningful life. Grant and Dr. Cook collaborate again in their newest book on compassion fatigue, "Discover Your Oasis - Escape Compassion Fatigue" supporting those caregivers in the helping professions, healthcare, education, ministry, government, and emergency services.