[Ailist] AI for planning life after retirement

[Rob Voyle]

Hi Lora

>From the an appreciative perspective grief is the inability to imagine a tomorrow 
that you would prefer to live in.  The stages of grief you suggest people go thru 
only occur if people cannot imagine an enjoyable tomorrow.  To create hope, the 
alternative to grief, we need simply help the person imagine a tomorrow they 
can look forward to.   

The best way to create an enjoyable tomorrow is to ask what makes today or 
what made yesterday enjoyable. When did the person feel really alive?  Go 
beyond the temporal going to work type of responses to the underlying value, 
such as connecting with people, making a difference in the world etc.  You may 
have to ask that question several times to get at the deeper value.  That deeper 
value will in most cases be related to the person's core purpose.  In order to 
have a fulfilling retirement people still need to manifest that core purpose. The 
way of doing it may need to be different but the essential purpose and value will 
be there.

Rob
  
Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D.
Director, Clergy Leadership Institute
For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry
Author: Core Elements of the Appreciative Way 
http://www.clergyleadership.com/
503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382



On 4 Sep 2007 at 15:21, Lora.Haak at kraft.com wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
>  
> I was wondering what great questions you have used when helping
> people
> think through an impending retirement. As they transition through
> denial, possibly anger, fear of the unknown, and towards some
> excitement
> - how can AI be used to help the transition go smoothly and spark
> some
> creative thinking about one's next "chapter".
>  
> Looking forward to your responses!
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Lora Haak 
> Director Organization Development 
>  KNAM, Kraft North American Manufacturing
> Three Lakes Drive, 
> Northfield, Illinois 
> (847) 646-8406 
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