The author and her research team at Harvard Business School spent a decade interviewing people to uncover the psychological, relational and life restructuring challenges of retiring — and how best to navigate them.

We discovered that identity issues can loom large for people. That’s especially true in the early phases of retiring, when they grapple with the decision about when and how to leave, and try to detach psychologically from their careers.

She shares an important question to ask yourself as you prepare to retire.

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