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Retirement isn't just about money. Alan Spector is our guest for today's podcast episode to talk about retirement. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/non-financial-retirement-aspects\nThe basis of the Rock Your Retirement show is that retirement isn\u2019t just about money.\nThis is basically the non financial aspects of retirement.\nAlan Spector agrees.\xa0 He and his partner created the Critical Decisions Matrix and Crucial Conversations.\xa0\xa0These ideas help everyone understand what the expectations are in retirement.\xa0 Alan co-authored the book, Your Retirement Quest with Keith Lawrence, and you can find the book on Amazon.\xa0 This is a great book to read if you are considering retirement in the next five years.\nAlan wasn\u2019t always a retirement coach.\nHe worked at Proctor and Gamble for 33 years as an executive. After that, Alan founded and managed three business, and authored five books.\xa0 Alan also blogs on retirement issues on three sites, and is deeply involved in his community.\xa0 He's also very active physically and likes to travel.\nAlan and Keith interviewed their colleagues about their thoughts on retirement.\xa0 Shortly after they realized that they were dismayed at the results.\xa0 This started their quest to educate people about the non financial aspects of retirement so they started conducting workshops.\xa0 They kept getting requests for their book…but it hadn't been written yet!\xa0 So… they knew they had to write it.\xa0 And they did. They named the book “Your Retirement Quest”. This book talks about the non-financial aspects of retirement, and it includes well-being, connectedness, growth, and fun among other things.\xa0 Some of the other non-financial aspects of retirement include physical, emotional, mental, and something he calls \u201cenergy of purpose\u201d.\nAlan recommends that you have written goals.\xa0 He recommends that you include the non financial aspects of retirement in these goals.\nMr. Spector says that if you write something down you are five times more likely to get it done. \xa0Your written goals should include all of the ten elements of retirement into your life.\nIn addition to working with individuals, he and his partner work with financial planning firms to help them understand the non-financial parts of retirement.\xa0 Let\u2019s hope he starts a movement with us.\nToday\u2019s Freebie is: The 10 Key Elements of a Fulfilling Retirement and you can get it at: The 10 key elements of a Fulfilling Retirement\xa0\n\nhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/rockyourretirement/Alan_Spector_160621_Final2.mp3