What Are We Blind To As We Age?

This recently hit my daily feed of questions that I get from Quora.com: “What are most people blind to in later life?” I submitted a quick response that kicked up considerable interest so I decided to share it out this week. Hope you’ll find some value. Let me know either way with a comment or […]

Retirement, Entropy, and the Fast Track to Frailty

“The greatest part of human life potential has been wasted by people dying before their allotted time was up.”  Peter Laslett I know I must sound like a broken record. But, I’ll say it again: we western-culture humanoids are notoriously naive about our biologies and live too short and die too long.  We, with very […]

A Gym-rat at 79? There’s Not Much Peer Pressure!!

Harry’s a long-time friend of mine. We’re the same age (79); we shared a few decades of corporate experience with the same company; we helped him and his wife in their search for a home when they made their final relocation to the Denver area around 40 years ago. We’ve broken bread together and shared […]

How Not To Waste a Retirement.

“The retirement age is coming down from 70, to 65, to 60 and may, in the course of the next 25 years, go below that. But the dream come true is a nightmare. For retirement, conceived as a protracted vacation, is a form of prolonged suicide. It marks the first formal stage on the road […]

Dealing With the Fear and Regrets of Aging

I recently had a reader pose a question to me that I fear may be on the minds of far too many folks. Here was her question: What are books for someone with a fear of getting older? I feel scared of aging and having the feeling that time is slipping by and I haven’t […]

Four Steps to a Bountiful Post-career Harvest

“For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned, it is the season of harvest.” Hasidic saying I’m curious. Has your financial planner – assuming you are working with one, which I hope you are –  ever dropped the word “harvest” into your conversation as you pour over the charts and graphs and talk […]