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Retirement Strategies and Avocations
We're talking about
a
lady who, in
retirement, will have to switch from
a
Type A to
a
Type B personality. Yes,
Bernice now has to learn to exhibit
a
driving, insistent, irresistible compulsion
to do nothing. She really is
a
hard
worker
--
shoulder to the wheel, nose to
the grindstone and ear to the ground
...
worst posture you ever saw!
I have asked Berniece about her
management philosophy. Here it is
-–
She said, "Half the people work and
the other half goofs off; or maybe it's
the other way around." At times I have
known Berniece to be very indecisive.
When I asked her if she had trouble
making up her mind, she answered,
"Yes and no."
Berniece, retirement is when you
don't "lead"
--
you don't "follow"
--
you
just realize that "getting out of the way"
isn't all that bad. Not too many people
know this, but Berniece has been
moonlighting with
a
rock band called
the "No Temptations." As the leading
female vocalist, she has popularized
some a/I-time office hits such as:
"You'll Never Work Alone"
...
"Rock Around the Time Clock"
.. .
"It's My Project And I'll Cry If I
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