The central question of every hard-working person's career is how to work less hard while still being able to buy a bottle of ninety-five-dollar Borolo without trembling. This is as true at age thirty as it is at more advanced ages. But by age forty, most of us are already thinking of exit strategies that will place us firmly off the grid for good. The question, then, is simple: How to retire while continuing to enjoy all the best things that haute-bourgeois life has to offer? The answer has been under our noses all along: Retire while still working This might seem like a difficult proposition, but close examination of the concept reveals that there are many among us who have been exploring this boundary betwen a nice nap and the long sleep for quite some time. They are called "Senior Management," and we have a lot to learn from them.

著名跨國公司高管，商業幽默作傢與小說傢，《財富》雜誌專欄作傢。文筆幽默、犀利，著作包括商業暢銷書《你可以再狠一點》（What Would Machiavelli Do?）、《與象共舞：管理上司的藝術》（Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up）、《職場兵法》（Sun Tzu Was a Sissy :、《一百種沒用的工作，以及如何得到它們》（100 Bullshit Jobs and How to Get Them）、《搞定惡老闆》（Crazy Bosses）、小說《勞埃德：怎麼瞭？》（Lloyd：What Happened）和《你今天看起來氣色不錯》（You Look Nice Today）。