IAM1306 – Authors Help Readers Build Lives of Contribution and Joy

Gail M. McDonald and Marilyn L. Bushey are executive coaches who have helped thousands of leaders make significant improvements in their ability to lead, build relationships, deliver results, and enhance their sense of self-fulfillment. In Retirement Your Way, Gail, and Marilyn turn their attention from the world of work to the world of retirement. There, they apply their expertise and innovative thinking to help their readers make changes and build lives of contribution, vitality, and joy.

• CEO Story: The deepening friendship that is passionate about the ability of people to live with vitality, contribution, and joy. Which led them to do research and interview people, lo and behold they found out that almost all of them would like to contribute and have joy – just like them the retirement rebels.
• Business Service: Products and services that would Help individuals see retirement not as an ending but as a beginning. Through a book and online course.
• Secret Sauce: 6 Lifestyle categories of retirement: Traditionalist, Altruist, Lifelong learner, Stair stepper, Boomeranger, Reinventor.

 The choices map. Culture: Assumption of how we should retire. Hurdles: The stories we tell ourselves. Options: Lots of choices that we have. Inspiration: The things that will make your life worth living. Experimentation: keep exploring. Self-fulfillment – how to stay true to your passion.

• CEO Hack: Creating a network like business organizations. Creating micro-moments of transition between one activity to another. Apps like: Insight timer, Calm, Breathe.
• CEO Nugget: Sweet spot-always looking at the intersection between your passion, talent, and your ideal environment. When we are at that intersecting circle – we are at our best. Mantra – let go of your stories, add your dream and keep exploring.
• CEO Defined: The ultimate opportunity to create -the chief creator. The world of possibilities.

Website: retirementyourwaybook.com

Facebook: retirementyourwaybook

LinkedIn: RetirementYourWay

LinkedIn: Gail McDonald , Marilyn Bushey

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Gail McDonald & Marilyn Bushey 00:00

It's always when running a business or running anything, always looking at what is the intersection of our passions, our talents, and our ideal environment. And that's when we're at our best. That's when we're in that circle, that intersecting circle, we are at our best.

Intro 00:19

Do you want to learn effective ways to build relationships, generate sales, and grow your business from successful entrepreneurs, start ups, and CEOs without listening to a long, long, long interview? If so, you've come to the right place. Gresham Harkless values your time and is ready to share with you precisely the information you're in search of. This is the I AM CEO Podcast.

Gresham Harkless 00:46

Hello. Hello. Hello. This is Gresh from the I AM CEO Podcast, and I have two very special guests on the show today. I have Gail M McDonald and Marilyn L Bushey of retirement your way. Gail and Marilyn, super excited to have you on the show.

Gail McDonald & Marilyn Bushey 00:58

You too. Thank you. Glad to be here.

Gresham Harkless 01:00

Absolutely. I'm super excited to hear about all the awesome things that both of you are working on. But before we do that, I wanted to read a little bit more about Gail and Marilyn so you could hear about some of those awesome things. And Gail and Marilyn are Executive Coaches who help thousands of leaders make significant improvements in their ability to lead, build relationships, deliver results, and enhance their sense of self fulfillment. In Retirement Your Way, Gail and Marilyn turned their attention for the world of work to the world of retirement.

There, they apply their expertise and innovative thinking to help their readers make changes and build lives of contribution, vitality, and, of course, what's very important, joy. Marilyn, I appreciate you and Gail for taking some time off. Are you both ready to speak to the IAM CEO Community? Awesome. Well, let's do it then. So to kinda kick everything off, I know I touched on a little bit when I read both of your bios, but I wanted to hear a little bit more of what I like to call your CEO story. It will let you both to get started with all the awesome work you're doing.