Has anyone ever written a book or article about how a once very powerful person feels when the phone stops?

Question

I rose from poverty to a position of power, influence, & wealth....then I retired &
the phone stopped ringing.....I then started several successful businesses,
retired again, & the phone stopped ringing.....During this time I served on the
Boards of several corporations, non-profits, & a college, in key positons....
each time I retired from any of those activities....despite the plaques, praise
or recognition, the phone stopped ringing.

I want to write a book about these experiences, particularly the feelings I
had/have & what I did/am doing about them.

Has such a book already been written. If so, how can I get them. If not,
do my experiences interest anybody?

Answer 1

no, i don't believe anyone has written a book. but maybe you were to busy being successful to make some friends along the way. you see with all the awards & recognition that YOU received it would indicate that YOU thrived on making what YOU cared about successfull. people might feel that you have not given them the recognition or praise that they may feel they deserve or expected from you so they may accuallly resent you.

"you must be able to walk with kings but not lose the common touch"

that is a phase that comes to mind when i think about you situation. now i do not have all the details so i can only speculate on some aspects of this situation.

the other thing is why was the phone ringing before? if it was for business & you retired why would anyone call anymore?

if it was people that were your friends that don't call you anymore maybe it means its time you start calling them.... this way they will feel im,portant enough to call you back beucase once you call them it would show them that you care

hope this helps,

ss

Answer 2

You seem to want an honest opinion so I'll give it to you. First of all you could have used a search engine or searched amazon.com to find out if such a book existed. Secondly I think if one does it would be gathering dust somewhere-it's a big yawn of a topic-nobody cares and no-one would be interested. Sorry. I'm not trying to be mean-just brutally honest. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself-recognize that you are just lonely and a workaholic and do some volunteer work and make some new friends. Senior homes are always looking for people to talk or read to the residents-it sounds like you have some stories you could tell them.

Answer 3

You need to go to a university library and ask a professional librarian to help you locate this type of subject. He or she is a professional researcher and will be able to aid you in your quest to locate literature, biographical information, new articles and other types of publications about this subject. Then you can see if there is something like this out there.

Writing the book is another story. You either need to do it yourself and market your ownmanuscript to apublisher or pay a ghostwriter.

Hope this helps. And by the way, who cares if the phone stopped ringing -it doesn't mean you are unimportant. You need to learn who you are when you are alone and value yourself outside of what others think of you. So as the Sage of Samos wrote on the Temple at Delphi -Know Thyself.

Answer 4

Hopefully I'm not sounding critical here but I think you might have missed something along the way, like forming relationships, it's a two way street you know , get out of that victim role and see what part you played, all those handles,credits,and pieces of paper you accumulated don,t compare to sitting with a friend over a cup of coffee talking about whatever. Acceptance and go on.

Answer 5

I'm not aware of any books like your idea, but I'm not exactly a librarian. Regardless, you can but your thoughts together for your own benefit as well as others. Quite often our identity can be wrapped up in our careers, when there is a change there can be emptiness left. Fortunately, it's not to late to fill that void as long as we are still alive. One of the best ways to get your phone to ring is to dial it first. Just like everything else in life that is worthwhile it will take time. Good Luck

Answer 6

It's not limited to being retired. The same thing happend to me after losing my job, and others who lost theirs at the same company. All your friends seem to think you have something contagious, or nothing in common anymore, even after all the emotions and feeling shared thru the years. It's a shame and people should be ashamed of themselves. I guess they figure that since you don't share the work that there are no common feelings anymore, or just maybe it was a farce to begin with...there was never any friendship to begin with.

Answer 7

Go ahead and write it,it will certainly make you feel better,when I don't care about other peoples minds I write pretty good stuff!and believe me..when someone comes and tell you that he/she loved your book you'll feel like "God"!and also,who cares if someone have already wrote a book with the same issue,you are a completely different person and I'm sure what you are about to write will be special!good luck!

Answer 8

in India several books have been written on this same topic & they are all worth reading,specialy for the young generation who have to face it latter in life.

also for retiered people who like reading about someone like them.

i'll wait for your edition too

atleast you will get something to do & if the book is a success your phone will start ringing again =D

Answer 9

Sounds like something a lot of baby boomers should read. The feelings of neglect are there in many levels when one is over the hill.

Answer 10

I had hoped to do my Doctoral Thesis in Rehabilitation Psychology on a similar topic, excepting, as it pertains to professional athletes who are no longer in the limelight. I certainly feel it is a valid and interesting study!