What if retirement isn’t something you wind down into, but something you build?
Anne van Leynseele is the creator of Preferment, a framework for accomplished professionals who want to rethink retirement and intentionally design what comes next. A five-time reinventor, Anne has been a lawyer, author, entrepreneur, farmer and founder of Rarified Life, with a career that has stretched from Hollywood and Fortune 100 consulting to government service and a chocolate farm in Hawaii.
In this conversation, Anne and Richard explore why the traditional model of retirement may no longer fit the lives many people are living—and what might replace it.
They talk about reinvention without “starting over,” maintaining an identity when the job title disappears, following curiosity instead of defaulting to comfort, returning to school later in life, navigating career change in your 40s, 50s and beyond, and preserving human judgment and agency in an AI-driven world
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They also explore values, boundaries, intergenerational relationships, meaningful contribution after a career, and one deceptively simple question for anyone facing a transition: What do I want to build?
If you’re approaching retirement, considering a midlife career change, or simply wondering what you want the next chapter of your life to contain, this conversation offers another way to think about what comes next.
You can find out more about Anne at www.rarifiedlife.com
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I’m Richard Taliaferro, a certified career coach, former journalist, and curious human. I talk with people navigating reinvention—founders, creatives, career changers, and purpose-driven professionals—about the work they’ve built, the lessons they’ve learned, and what it means to create a life that actually fits.
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Find out more at: https://www.richardtaliaferro.com
Host/Executive Producer: Richard Taliaferro
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