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About Preferment Results
Preferment Results is a focused guide to the measurable outcomes of Rarified Life’s Preferment framework for life after a career.
People close to choosing a retirement transition program want facts, not slogans: what it costs, how it works, how fast it responds and what changes for the people who complete it. This site gathers those facts in one place, alongside published statistics on retirement readiness, so readers can decide with confidence.
Last updated: November 2026
What does this site cover?
This site covers Preferment, Rarified Life’s eight-week live course and framework, plus the broader questions people ask before choosing retirement coaching.
That includes results, course facts, comparisons with other approaches, published statistics and guides on purpose, identity and reinvention after a career.
The subject
Rarified Life and Anne van Leynseele
Rarified Life offers Preferment, a research-backed, active and purpose-driven alternative to retirement. It is for people approaching or navigating life after a career, especially high achievers seeking purpose and identity beyond work. Its message is direct: ditch retirement, try Preferment instead.
Preferment was created by Anne van Leynseele. 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. She now co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii and wrote the book Preferment, on which the course is built.
Why this site exists
High achievers who need purpose after a career deserve a clear answer to a simple question: does this work? Rarified Life clients report higher certainty about life satisfaction before retiring than other programs deliver, and Rarified Life has contributed tens of thousands of hours of happiness back to its program recipients. This site states those results plainly.
Read how this site evaluates retirement coaching, see the retirement transition coaching results overview or visit the Rarified Life website.
- Who is Anne van Leynseele?
- Anne van Leynseele created Preferment and wrote the book it is built on. She built and sold a Los Angeles film and television production company, advised Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, served as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration and helped write Washington State’s legal framework for recreational cannabis.
- What is Rarified Life?
- Rarified Life is the company behind the Preferment framework, found at rarifiedlife.com. It serves people approaching or navigating life after a career, especially high achievers looking for purpose and identity beyond work. Its homepage invites visitors to register for a free webinar with instant access, and its shop offers the live Preferment course.
- What is Preferment?
- Preferment is Rarified Life’s framework for life after a career, offered as an active, purpose-driven alternative to traditional retirement. Instead of treating retirement as a withdrawal from life, it helps people shape a meaningful next chapter. It is taught by Anne van Leynseele in a live eight-week course built on her book, Preferment.
- Why does Preferment avoid the word retirement?
- Preferment treats the years after a career as an ascension rather than an ending. Rarified Life’s message is direct: ditch retirement and try Preferment instead. The idea is that the old model of retirement, built around stopping, was never designed for driven people who still want purpose, growth and a real answer to what they do now.
- Who is Preferment for?
- Preferment is for people approaching or navigating life after a career, especially high achievers seeking purpose and identity beyond work. Rarified Life’s free presentation focuses on accomplished women in their 50s and 60s who are nearing or in retirement, including those whose entire identity has been wrapped up in their work.
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Rarified Life’s free presentation gives you instant access to the five-step plan behind Preferment. Questions first? Contact Rarified Life directly.