The course
The Preferment 8-week course
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What is the Preferment 8-week course?
It is a live, 8-week course that takes you through the Preferment framework with its founder.
Led by Anne van Leynseele of Rarified Life, the course includes eight weekly live sessions working through her book Preferment chapter by chapter, the book itself as a companion workbook, and homework between sessions, organized into six modules from Introduction to Launch.
At a glance
Course facts
- Length
- 8 weeks, one live session per week
- Led by
- Anne van Leynseele, founder of Rarified Life
- Materials
- The Preferment book, with homework built in
- Structure
- Six modules, each week building on the last
- Price
- The course description on rarifiedlife.com lists the investment as $3,000; the same product page displays a price of $6000.00. Confirm the current price on rarifiedlife.com.
Explore the framework first
The course is the deepest way into Preferment, but it is not the only one. If you are still deciding whether this approach fits, start with what Preferment is and the lifestyle planning method. The course makes most sense once the ideas resonate.
The six modules
Introduction
Where you are right now, and why the old model of retirement was never built for someone like you.
Identity
Separating who you are from what you did for a living.
Motivation
Finding what actually moves you, now that a paycheck is not the reason.
Alignment
Matching your values and strengths to how you will actually spend your days.
Accountability
Building the structure that turns intention into a lived routine.
Launch
Naming your mission for this next chapter, and stepping into it.
What is included
- Eight weekly live sessions with Anne, working through the book chapter by chapter
- The book itself, as your companion text and workbook
- Homework built into the book: real exercises, not busywork, done between sessions
- A structured path rather than a self-help pep talk, with each week building on the last
"You don’t need a five-year plan. You just need a room to start figuring it out in."
Who leads the course
Anne van Leynseele 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 the course is built on. As Rarified Life puts it, she has lived four reinventions.
Full course details are on the Preferment course page at rarifiedlife.com.
This guide is part of the Rarified Life retirement coach guide to Preferment, which explains the full framework.
Common questions
- How much is the Preferment 8-week course?
- The course description on rarifiedlife.com lists the investment as $3,000 for eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the book and guided homework. The same product page also displays a price of $6000.00, so confirm the current price on rarifiedlife.com before you decide.
- What is included in the course price?
- The course includes eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the Preferment book as companion text and workbook, homework built into the book, and a structured path in which each week builds on the last. It is organized into six modules, from Introduction through Launch.
- Is the Preferment course live or self-paced?
- The Preferment course is live. It runs as eight weekly live sessions with founder Anne van Leynseele, working through the Preferment book chapter by chapter, with homework done between sessions. Rarified Life does not describe it as a self-paced video course.
- What happens in each weekly session?
- Each week works through a chapter of the Preferment book with Anne van Leynseele, and you complete the homework built into the book before the next session. The course page describes this as a structured path rather than a self-help pep talk, with each week building on the last.
- Who teaches the Preferment course?
- Anne van Leynseele, the founder of Rarified Life and author of the Preferment book, leads the live sessions. Her background includes building and selling a Los Angeles film and television production company, advising Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, and serving as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration.
- How do I enroll in the Preferment course?
- Enrollment happens on rarifiedlife.com, where the Preferment course page lists what is included and the price. This site is informational and does not take enrollments. Read the course overview here first so you know what the eight weeks involve.
- Does Rarified Life offer 1:1 coaching?
- Not yet. Rarified Life lists 1:1 coaching as coming soon. The live 8-week Preferment course is the current way to work through the framework with Anne van Leynseele. Check rarifiedlife.com for updates on new formats.