Review: Launch Your Encore: Finding Adventure and Purpose Later in Life Hans Finzel & Rick Hicks Baker Books 2015 Retirement? What to do with all that extra time now that there’s no job filling the hours and the kids are grown? Kick back and relax for starters, but pretty soon, as these authors point out, that gets old and major boredom sets in. This book takes a look at precisely this issue within a culture that thrives on doing rather than being, on youthfulness rather than age. What will you do? What will you become? What will become of you? In the final analysis those questions probably need answers sooner than later. Finzel and Hicks suggest a way forward through the transition period from leaving your life’s work to entering your encore performance, i.e. the retirement years. Personality, ability, desires, skills, and other traits point you toward a decision area. They suggest several assessmen...