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About Rarified Life and the Preferment framework
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Who is behind the Preferment webinar?
The Preferment webinar comes from Rarified Life and its founder Anne van Leynseele, the author of the book Preferment on which the framework and live course are built.
Rarified Life
Rarified Life offers the Preferment framework, an active, purpose-driven alternative to retirement that Rarified Life describes as research-backed. It serves people approaching or navigating life after a career, especially high achievers seeking purpose and identity beyond work. Its homepage headline sums up the stance: ditch retirement, try Preferment instead.
Rarified Life offers the free Preferment webinar, the 8-week Preferment live course, a 30 day planner, and prompt phone customer service. Registrants receive a welcome package within 24 hours.
Anne van Leynseele
Anne van Leynseele did not arrive at Preferment by accident. She built and sold a production company in Los Angeles film and television, advised Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, served as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration, and helped write the legal framework for recreational cannabis in Washington State.
Today she co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii, and she wrote the book Preferment, which serves as the companion text and workbook for the live course. She has lived four reinventions and built Preferment to show others how to run their own.
Why this site exists
The Preferment webinar raises practical questions: what it covers, who it is for, what it costs, and what happens next. This site exists to answer those questions clearly in one place, alongside plain guides to retirement coaching, identity after work, and finding purpose. Read how the information is gathered on the approach page.
Common questions
- Who created the Preferment framework?
- Preferment was created by Anne van Leynseele of Rarified Life, who also wrote the book Preferment that the live course is built on. Her background includes building and selling a Los Angeles production company, advising Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy, and serving as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration.
- Is there a Preferment book?
- Yes. Anne van Leynseele wrote the book Preferment, which serves as the companion text and workbook for the live course. Course participants work through it chapter by chapter, with homework built into the book.
- Where is Rarified Life based?
- Rarified Life's website lists the United States as its country. Because the webinar is online with instant access, you can watch from anywhere. The founder, Anne van Leynseele, co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii.
- Is Preferment research-backed?
- Rarified Life describes Preferment as a research-backed framework, and the program is built chapter by chapter on Anne van Leynseele's book Preferment. If you want to see the sources behind a specific idea, the simplest step is to ask Rarified Life directly through its contact page before you enroll in the course.
- How do I contact Rarified Life?
- Contact Rarified Life through its contact page at rarifiedlife.com/contact-7521. Every "Contact Rarified Life" button on this site links there. Rarified Life offers prompt phone customer service and a welcome package within 24 hours of registration.