Planning Life Before Retirement Begins
Retirement is not something that starts on the last day of work. It begins…
Prepare for retirement with clarity, purpose, and confidence. Pre-tirement helps readers understand the emotional and practical side of leaving work behind while building a new chapter that feels meaningful, balanced, and deeply personal.
Jon Horwitz spent more than four decades helping organizations find, develop, and get the best from their people. As an organizational psychologist and founder of HR Insights Consulting, he built a career around understanding what helps people thrive in the workplace. His work addressed critical organizational needs, including career development, employee selection, teambuilding, culture, and change management. Over the years, Jon’s clients included household names such as Ben and Jerry’s, Nationwide, American Express, and GE Medical, along with many medium sized and family owned businesses where he built long standing, trusted relationships.
When it came time to step back from full time work, Jon found himself asking the same questions he had spent a lifetime helping others answer: Who am I outside my professional identity? What do I want this next chapter to look like? These days, Jon divides his time between exploring New York City’s museums and cultural institutions, studying pottery, following UConn basketball and the New York Knicks, enjoying New Haven pizza, and spending time with his family. Jon lives in Westchester, New York, and believes that pre-retirement is not an ending. It is an invitation to rediscover yourself on your own terms.
Pre-tirement is a practical and thoughtful guide for anyone preparing for life before and after retirement. It helps readers look beyond the usual idea of leaving work and focus on creating a life that feels meaningful, balanced, and truly their own.
The book explores the emotional side of retirement, including the questions many people quietly carry. Readers are guided to think about identity, purpose, relationships, personal interests, and the kind of daily life they want to build.
Jonathan Horwitz brings together his experience as an organizational psychologist with real stories and useful exercises. His approach makes retirement planning feel less overwhelming and more like a step by step journey toward clarity and confidence.
At its heart, Pre-tirement is about designing a life you love. Whether retirement is still a few years away or has already begun, this book offers guidance for moving forward with freedom, purpose, and peace of mind.
Experience Pre-tirement in a convenient audio format designed for readers who prefer to listen while traveling, walking, relaxing, or planning their next chapter. The audiobook makes Jonathan Horwitz’s guidance easy to absorb, giving listeners practical ideas and meaningful reflection wherever they are.
Whether you are approaching retirement or already adjusting to it, the audiobook offers a calm and supportive way to explore purpose, change, relationships, and the possibilities ahead.
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