Do we need to change our views on the concept of work/life balance?

So, a gap year now, or when you are 50?!  Retrain later in life and the end to life-long careers, or slower development of skills?  Should we consider that working after 60 will need to part of a future working philosophy, but in the context of keeping or minds switched on, bodies active, and helping to contribute to society as a whole?  These are all interesting questions that challenge current views of working to our 60s, and then retirement.  But things might need to change...


Click on the link below for an interesting take on what may lie ahead in the world of work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38652359