GuideLast updated November 2026
Reinventing yourself after retirement means deliberately choosing a new identity, motivation, and daily structure, and it works at 70 as well as at 60. The Preferment course breaks reinvention into six modules over eight weeks, taught by an instructor who has reinvented her own career four times.
Use the same moves that work at any age: clarify identity, find what motivates you, align your days with your values, build accountability, and launch a mission. Preferment sets no age limit. What matters is a structured process and the willingness to start.
Reinvention is not erasing your past or chasing a dramatic new career. It is carrying forward what was always yours, your skills, judgment, and drive, into a chapter you design on purpose.
Most people already hope for this. A survey cited in "Hiring a Retirement Coach? Here's What to Look For" found 65% of women and 62% of men anticipate retirement as a time to rediscover themselves. Preferment turns that hope into a sequence you can follow.
At 70 you bring more than at any earlier reinvention: decades of experience, a clear sense of what you will not tolerate, and fewer obligations competing for your time. The obstacle is usually not age but the absence of a plan.
Preferment's Accountability module addresses that directly, building the structure that turns intention into a lived routine, followed by a 30-day planner for the first month of your new chapter.
Anne van Leynseele is not teaching a theory. She has lived four reinventions and teaches you how to run your own.
Film and television
Built and sold a production company in Los Angeles.
Global consulting
Advised Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents.
Government law
Served as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration and helped write the legal framework for recreational cannabis in Washington State.
Farming and authorship
Co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii and wrote the book Preferment.
Over eight weekly live sessions, you move through Introduction, Identity, Motivation, Alignment, Accountability, and Launch, working from the Preferment book and its built-in homework. You finish having named your mission for this chapter, with a planner that translates it into action and activities. The stated investment is $3,000, and a welcome package arrives within 24 hours of registering.
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Reinvention at 70 follows the same steps as at any age: get clear on identity, find what motivates you, align your days with your values, add accountability, and launch. Preferment sets no age limit, and its instructor has lived four reinventions. A structured eight-week course makes the change concrete instead of theoretical.
No. Preferment is for people navigating life after a career as well as those approaching it. One participant described spending a few years 'wandering around like a goldfish in a bowl' before the course changed that. The Identity and Motivation modules work whether your last workday was last month or several years ago.
Most people hope so. A survey cited in 'Hiring a Retirement Coach? Here's What to Look For' found 65% of women and 62% of men anticipate retirement as a time to rediscover themselves. Preferment turns that hope into a process, moving from Identity through Launch so rediscovery leads to a named mission and a weekly routine.
Start by separating who you are from what you did, then identify what moves you now that a paycheck is not the reason. Preferment’s Identity and Motivation modules guide exactly this. Match what you find to your values and strengths, build a weekly structure, and name a mission. Purpose usually comes from action tested over weeks, not a single insight.
Bring honesty about where you are right now, since the Introduction module starts there. Have your Preferment book ready, set aside weekly time for the built-in homework, and block the session times in your calendar. You do not need a five-year plan; you just need a room to start figuring it out in.
Eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the Preferment book, and guided homework. $3,000 investment.
