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42 According to the passage, what is the main cause of the aging-out process?
School education Parents’ discipline
The natural human life cycle Children’s independence from adults
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You have successfully passed through many phases of life, overcome many a hurdle in your long career,
seen the ups and downs, and so on. 43 It should mean retiring from work, not life. It’s like changing from the
fast lane to the slow one where the drive is far more relaxed, scenic, and pleasurable.
44 It’s just another phase in one’s life. Recall the things about working you cringed at, like getting up
early no matter how you felt, meeting folks you didn’t want to, putting on the tie you felt would strangle you,
and the like. Didn’t you always wish you could take a break from it all? 45 You should take it with the same
boldness you showed in the earlier phases.
46 So, a major upheaval like retirement is bound to be followed by corollaries ranging from depression,
irritability to a sense of displacement, and uselessness. Forbes once said that retirement kills more people than
hard work ever did. Yes, this is true if you decide to retire completely from life.
43 Now it is the time to enter a new phase—Retirement.
In earlier phases, most people have obligations to family and work.
Change, for better or worse, is always accompanied by anxiety and some resistance.
Once you adjust to this pace of life, you would not want to trade it for the pressure.
44 Retirement need not sound like a death knell to those approaching it.
In earlier phases, most people have obligations to family and work.
Change, for better or worse, is always accompanied by anxiety and some resistance.
Once you adjust to this pace of life, you would not want to trade it for the pressure.
45 In earlier phases, most people have obligations to family and work.
Initially retirement seems like a constant holiday or honeymoon phase.
Well, here is the opportunity to live a life at your own pace and on your own terms.
Once you adjust to this pace of life, you would not want to trade it for the pressure.
46 Retirement need not sound like a death knell to those approaching it.
Well, here is the opportunity to live a life at your own pace and on your own terms.
Once you adjust to this pace of life, you would not want to trade it for the pressure.
Change, for better or worse, is always accompanied by anxiety and some resistance.
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Thank-you notes are highly valued and even expected by some people. 47 The note is as much an
acknowledgment of the giver as of the gift. This acknowledgment can help cement an existing friendship or
warm a growing relationship. 48 Corporate etiquette demands that career-minded people write notes of
thanks. They write notes for gifts, invitations, and lunches. 49
How to write short but meaningful notes? The tip is to personalize the note. 50 Or you may mention
what makes an experience helpful or attractive to you.
47 You may find shortcuts to personalizing thank-you notes.
In business, too, the thank-you note is a must.
On a personal level, thank-you notes bond us more closely to the giver.
For example, you may write about what is unique about a gift.
48 In particular, they express gratitude to those who offer help on their way up the ladder.
The paper you use does not need to be expensive, but it should be in good taste.
For example, you may write about what is unique about a gift.
In business, too, the thank-you note is a must.
49 In particular, they express gratitude to those who offer help on their way up the ladder.
On a personal level, thank-you notes bond us more closely to the giver.
You may find shortcuts to personalizing thank-you notes.
In business, too, the thank-you note is a must.
50 In particular, they express gratitude to those who offer help on their way up the ladder.
For example, you may write about what is unique about a gift.
You may find shortcuts to personalizing thank-you notes.
In business, too, the thank-you note is a must.