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It’s Time to “Take Back and Own” Your Elderhood

How did you react when you received your AARP card just before your fiftieth birthday? Were you: Surprised and shocked. Flattered Excited Ambivalent Pissed Surprised?  We probably don’t want to know how much they know about us. Flattered?  Just a thought – you might want to raise the bar. Excited?  You love those weekly Bed… Continue reading It’s Time to “Take Back and Own” Your Elderhood

Be Part of the “Modern Elder” Movement

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Photo by Esther Ann on Unsplash A couple of years ago, while one with my now-deceased iPod Classic during a workout,  I listened to a very stimulating podcast interview with Chip Conley, who, at the time, was a few years into an executive management position with Airbnb. His is a very intriguing story of how he came into… Continue reading Be Part of the “Modern Elder” Movement

Extend Your Healthy Longevity – Twelve Things That May Be Accelerating Your Aging – Part Two of a Three-part Series.

Thanks for your feedback on the first article in this three-part series.  A special thanks to loyal reader, Roger Knisely, for suggesting that I “flip the script”.  So I’ve changed the headline and will try to put a more positive spin on the next eight items over the next two weeks. Here are four more… Continue reading Extend Your Healthy Longevity – Twelve Things That May Be Accelerating Your Aging – Part Two of a Three-part Series.

Extend Your Healthy Longevity – Twelve Things That May Be Accelerating Your Aging – A Three-part Series.

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay “Life is a fatal disease. Once contracted, there is no known cure.” This is a quote from Dr. Walter Bortz, one of my favorite authorities on maintaining good health in our third age.  Dr. Bortz is an 89-year old former Stanford University geriatric physician and author of seven books, my favorites being… Continue reading Extend Your Healthy Longevity – Twelve Things That May Be Accelerating Your Aging – A Three-part Series.

Have You Put An Expiration Date on Learning?

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem.  That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily, and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all.” So says Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American academic, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. Mr. Szasz’s… Continue reading Have You Put An Expiration Date on Learning?

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August Is An Important Month On Your Life Calendar

August in Colorado.  Hot, dry, rather boring except for Palisade peaches and Olathe sweet corn.  Asking ourselves: “How did another summer slip through our fingers?” Browning lawns, back to the dreaded school zone speed limits and regretting the time wasted watching pre-season NFL games. I  signed up to speak at my Toastmaster club last week.  … Continue reading August Is An Important Month On Your Life Calendar

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Consider Being a Post-career Gadfly

Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash Socrates once said, “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” This guy seemed to know “busy barrenness” without even having a smartphone, the internet, a Facebook account or a mortgage. This was just one of many jabs that Socrates took at Athenian society, of which he was a reluctant part.  That is… Continue reading Consider Being a Post-career Gadfly

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And the Oscar for a Fulfilling Third Age Goes to – – – –

Image by analogicus from Pixabay I’ve had some pretty deep conversations over the last six months with some successful, deeply-skilled execs who are looking at, or are early into, the retirement phase of their lives.  Each conversation is an adventure, each with uniqueness and depth that challenges my listening skills and my ability to inject something original or… Continue reading And the Oscar for a Fulfilling Third Age Goes to – – – –