Book Excerpt

Used to be, Fred Wolf, the consummate accounting professional, wouldn’t be caught dead without his business suit and tie--whether disembarding a plane, leading a meeting, or studying the financial guts of a buisness, he was never a "business casual" kind of guy. Today the gentleman rancher sports blue jeans and likes to lean back in his chair with his booted feet up in comfort. "There’s really nothing special about my life," he says. "I’m not sure why anyone would be interested in me."

Fred could be a prototypical 63-year-old former professional who’s living the good life in retirement. That is, if you think driving a threshing tractor and putting up two hundred tons of hay every year is a typical retirement.