{"product_id":"after-the-badge-ebook","title":"After the Badge — Ebook","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eYou spent 20 or 30 years building a career that mattered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17.0pt; color: #c9a84c;\"\u003e Nobody briefed you on what comes next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 141%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eThe retirement seminars covered FEHB and TSP. The financial planner talked about your pension. Nobody talked about what happens to your identity, your marriage, or your sense of purpose when the badge goes in the drawer and the calendar goes blank.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16.0pt; line-height: 141%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eAfter the Badge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003e is the field manual that should have existed for every federal employee approaching retirement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9A84C 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9A84C .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9A84C .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: #c9a84c; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eWHAT'S INSIDE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart One — The Crash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 133%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eThe honeymoon has an expiration date. This section names what happens in the first weeks — the silence, the identity vacuum, and why the most accomplished executives hit this wall hardest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart Two — The Friction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 133%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eYou came home full-time to a household that already had a system. Your spouse built it while you were deployed to the agency for decades. This section addresses the collision — and what to do about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart Three — The Excavation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 133%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eWho were you before the badge? Who are you without it? This section dismantles the institutional validation you’ve been running on and rebuilds from what actually remains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart Four — The Rebuild\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16.0pt; line-height: 133%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eA structured 30-day framework for building a life with purpose, stakes, and forward momentum — using the same operational thinking model you used throughout your federal career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9A84C 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9A84C .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 14.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9A84C .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eFour parts. Twelve chapters. Thirty days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #555555;\"\u003eBuilt for GS-13 through SES federal employees and their spouses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eInstant delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003e — your ebook arrives by email immediately after purchase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"After the Badge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51744791298365,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0995\/0927\/2893\/files\/CorrectedAftertheBadgeCover2.png?v=1779837463","url":"https:\/\/afterthebadge.life\/products\/after-the-badge-ebook","provider":"After the Badge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}