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Originally Posted by Gretch
I have retired 3 times. Last time was 2010 when I sold my company after the economy trashed what had been a steady climb to success. I was 59 at the time.
I took a year off, worked my ass off on a farm I had acquired in 1996 (labor of love, still doing it), gave my next phase in life a LOT of thought and............ reinvented myself.
It turns out that companies today need the experience gained by actually running companies BEFORE the 90's, (when any idiot could get funding and sell before they had to actually PROVE the investment theme out).
There are a LOT of not-very-experienced executives out there running companies who are hitting a wall because cash is tight, customers are WAY more demanding and the only survivors are comfortable making HARD decisions early enough to keep the cash flowing.
Reinvent yourself....... you have skills the younger generation does not have, THAT is your unfair competitive advantage.
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This is a really great post. I would re-read it over and over until it sinks in, Zeke et. al.