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"Bud, I want you to take a pad of paper and write down a list of 200 people you intend to contact," Jeans says.
"Two hundred?" Robertson says, startled. "I could find 20, but I don't know about 200." Just think about everyone you know, says Jeans. "Former colleagues, attorneys, accountants, financial planners, recruiters, college alumni, people from church ..."
I am supposed to be silently observing this coaching session, the proverbial fly on the wall, but I can't help myself. "Wait a minute," I break in, "that doesn't sound like retirement. That sounds like job networking."
"Networking has two purposes," Jeans says. "To get on a board of directors and stay on people's radar screen so he doesn't get lost."
But why not get lost? Dude spent his whole life playing the game. If ever there were a time in Bud Robertson's life to get lost, wouldn't this be it?
Jeans turns to Robertson and says, "Bud, I want you to take six months off and not do anything."
Source: CNN