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The WEASEL way to life planning

Posted by inmyprime on Fri, 10/06/2011 - 10:33
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“Eagles may soar but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines”

The trickle is turning into a flood. Almost daily now we are seeing more and more issues pile up which, on the whole, are not being tackled head-on or are being addressed with a “sticking plaster” approach. We are talking here about education costs, housing, employment, pensions, health costs, care costs and increasing life expectancy – and there are probably others too.   

We are fast approaching the time when we must acknowledge the need for a complete paradigm shift. A new conceptual framework is required to cope with the new realities together with a dismantling of old structures, old ideas and old platforms underpinning our life course aspirations and actions.  

There are some who don’t yet see this is happening. There are many institutions for which this will not make good reading and which have vested interests in preserving the status quo and so are side stepping it. And there are the myriad issues for government in managing the various pressures in an acceptable, palatable and understandable way. But the overall course of events is in one direction only.

There is much more to be written and discussed but, in the meantime, what can we do on an individual basis to ensure that we can achieve as much as possible and still remain with our heads above water in financial terms?

We offer the WEASEL way.

Work longer

Earn more

Act earlier and save more

Stay fit and healthy

Enjoy life at each stage

Live cheaper

“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get”

www.inmyprime.co.uk

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inmyprime

A blog by inmyprime

in my prime is a specialist consultancy offering advice, strategic guidance and practical input to employers, marketing organizations and policy makers on issues relating to the employment and management of older workers, age diversity and the needs of the mature market.

Our aim is to assist employers to benefit from the strengths and opportunities inherent in their older workforce, helping them to devise, implement and evaluate new ways of managing and developing what can often be a much under-utilised and under-valued resource. We also help policy makers and marketers to understand the aspirations, values and drivers of the generation branded "baby boomers".

Our focus is much wider than age discrimination or pre-retirement planning; we believe that successful recruitment, retention and engagement of older workers comes from matching the unique needs of each business with the particular requirements and aspirations of older employees themselves, thereby creating new policies and practices that will benefit both. For more see www.inmyprime.co.uk

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