????清理辦公室時，我反復(fù)摩挲著工作以來獲得的各種獎勵，它們是我職業(yè)成就的見證。最后，我把它們都留在了那里。我不想頭戴著企業(yè)管理的成功桂冠走進(jìn)新生活。我會帶著過往事業(yè)的無形資產(chǎn)：建立、指導(dǎo)一家機(jī)構(gòu)，打造有效的關(guān)系，對人、理念和實(shí)體進(jìn)行正確定位以取得成功。但基本上我滿懷好奇心和熱情，這些曾經(jīng)在職業(yè)生涯上推動我前進(jìn)的特質(zhì)將指引我未來的生活。

????或許，父母的榜樣示范讓我輕松地就跨出了這一步。他們早早就退休了，過起了充實(shí)精彩而富有挑戰(zhàn)性的生活。而且，我早有規(guī)劃。我在財務(wù)上對退休做出了規(guī)劃，但更重要的是，我也設(shè)立了一些目標(biāo)。我在規(guī)劃中將生活分為五個部分：事業(yè)（董事會，偶有項(xiàng)目，等等）；旅行（我和丈夫有一些探險目的地名單，至少可以忙到下個十年）；組織（簡化我們生活的方方面面）；創(chuàng)意（寫作，一、兩個家庭項(xiàng)目）；最后，技能（學(xué)習(xí)或重新學(xué)習(xí)如何講流利的法語，航海……對了，還有打高爾夫）。

????擁有一項(xiàng)長期的規(guī)劃，令我更渴望投身其中。不過，確實(shí)有外部的推動因素，包括父親生病等一系列事件表明，現(xiàn)在是時候來付諸實(shí)施了。不是明年。就是現(xiàn)在。因此，我大膽地離開了，但并不是因?yàn)橛職狻?/p>

????海蒂?辛克萊爾從業(yè)30年后最近退休了，她曾擔(dān)任比爾與梅琳達(dá)蓋茨基金會（Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation）首席傳播官、博雅（Burson-Marsteller）EMEA首席執(zhí)行官和萬博宣偉（Weber Shandwick）全球科技總裁。她目前擔(dān)任Bag Borrow or Steal、Bodymetrics、Concordia Coffee 和Portero Luxury的董事，經(jīng)常就創(chuàng)新、傳媒和人生等話題進(jìn)行寫作，發(fā)表演講。

????As I cleaned out my office, I lingered over the treasures of my working life: awards, framed totems to my achievements. In the end, I left them all behind. I do not want to carry a shrine to my executive success into my new life. I am bringing the intangibles of my career with me: the ability to build and guide an organization, to create impactful relationships and to position people, ideas and entities for success. But mostly, I filled my box with the curiosity and passion that has always driven me professionally and now guides what is next in my life.

????Perhaps what has made it an easy leap for me is that I have terrific role models in my parents who retired early to live amazing, full, challenging lives. And I had a plan. I planned for this retirement financially but more importantly, I set some goals. For my plan, I broke down my life into five categories: professional (the boards, occasional projects, etc.), travel (my husband and I have a little bucket list of adventures that will take us through a least the next decade), organizational (simplifying every aspect of our lives), creative (writing, a family project or two) and finally, skills (acquiring or relearning to speak French fluently, to sail…and yes, to play golf).

????Having a long term plan made me eager to get on with it. Yet it took a push, a series of circumstances including my father's illness that said it is time to be done. Not next year. Now. So I am shoving off boldly, but not bravely.

????Heidi Sinclair recently retired after a 30-year career that included serving as Chief Communications Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO for Burson-Marsteller EMEA and President of Weber Shandwick Global Technology. She is on the board of directors for Bag Borrow or Steal, Bodymetrics, Concordia Coffee and Portero Luxury and frequently writes and speaks about innovation, media and life.