About the Authors
Alan Spector and Keith Lawrence
Alan Spector retired from a 33-year career with the Procter & Gamble Company in 2002, as Director of Worldwide Quality Assurance. In retirement, Al has pursued two of the passions of his youth, baseball and books. He continues to play about 75 baseball games each year in local leagues and in tournaments around the country and the world. Al has written and published two previous books as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. He also does volunteer management and quality assurance consulting for non-profits, works out daily, is an avid crossword solver, writes a weekly Featured Classmate article for his high school class, and is additionally energized to be a founding partner of LifeScape Solutions™, the retirement program upon which this book is based.
Al and his wife, Ann, moved "home" to St. Louis in mid-2009, having been away from their hometown for more than 40 years. They moved to be close to family, including two grandsons, and longtime friends. Al and Ann travel extensively to visit other family (including two grandchildren in Boston), to play baseball, and to sightsee.
Keith Lawrence had been preparing for his retirement from Procter& Gamble in December 2009 for over a decade. Keith is a student of peak performance-seeking to learn how individuals, teams and organizations achieve and sustain success throughout life. As a Director of Human Resources at P&G, he worked with people from around the world-including partnering with other companies such as Toyota, IBM, GE, Staples, Right Management, Accenture, The Energy Project, and the RBL Group. He has published several articles, spoken at numerous forums and is a member of several boards and advisory councils. He is a founding partner of LifeScape Solutions™, which is one of his many new pursuits, and was the catalyst for this book.
Keith is one of the select Retirement Coaches certified by RetirementOptions, a national certifying body.
With his wife, Sue, and their children, he is enjoying the flexibility to pursue his life purpose of "unleashing dreams," spending time with dear friends and family, traveling more, embracing his many passions, maintaining his well-being, and giving back to others to make the world a better place.