The Retirement Fantasy Is Failing Lawyers
At 65, Colonel Sanders started KFC with nothing but a recipe and a dream. At 55, I faced my own crossroads — health struggles, financial stress, and a quiet fear that it was too late.
But like the Colonel, I wasn’t done. Now at 76, I’m leading lawyer mastermind group for people ready to rise, not retire.
Society told me I was over the hill. It was getting close to time to cash in my chips. My mother died at 41. I was in my 50s.
How I Transformed My Life
One day, this coach did something unexpected — I hired a coach for myself.
That decision didn’t just change my business. It changed my life.
I learned that I had so much to live for.
Now, here I am, 21 years later, still going strong.
The Fantasy of Retirement?
Most Baby Boomers and Gen X lawyers aren't sailing into the sunset at 65 with a fully funded retirement and freedom on the other side.
They're still working.
Not out of joy but out of necessity.
After decades of grinding, they're still covering:
→ College tuition
→ Mortgage payments
→ Care for aging parents
→ The cost of a lifestyle they spent years building
And after everything, the market crashes, and the money they counted on?
Gone.
That's not freedom.
That's pressure.
And here's what makes it worse:
You're tired.
You're successful, but stretched.
You feel like you're losing relevance in a world obsessed with "new."
And yet you still need income.
But the old way of working? It's burning you out.
You've hit a wall.
You're too experienced to start over
Too valuable to stay stuck.
I know because I've lived it.
I'm 76.
I've coached lawyers for over 30 years.
Written books. Built businesses.
And I still work — not to prove something, but because I've found a smarter way.
But it didn't come easily.
There was a time when I felt lost.
I remember sitting at my desk. My children were gone. My youngest had just left for college.
I felt lost. I asked myself, "What will I do now without two children at home?"
I became depressed. I had built my life around my family, and now I needed to find another purpose.
Society told me I was over the hill. It was getting close to time to cash in my chips. My mother died at 41. I was in my 50s.
My health was suffering.
My income dipped.
My focus slipped.
And I quietly started to believe I was done.
That belief almost broke me.
But deep down, I knew the truth.
I still had wisdom.
I still had value.
What I needed was not to push harder.
I needed people.
Support.
A Mastermind.
So I built what I couldn't find.
The Pinnacle Mastermind is for lawyers over 45 — Baby Boomers and Gen X who still want success but refuse to pay for it with their health, peace, or freedom.
It's for those who are still sharp, still driven, but tired of carrying it all alone.
Because reinvention doesn't happen in isolation.
It happens in formation.
You don't need to grind harder.
You need a better system.
A better circle.
A better path.
We are not winding down. We are waking up.
You're not too old.
You're not irrelevant.
And you're definitely not done.
Let's rise together.
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© 2025 Pamela DeNeuve