Maybe you saw the news article in your local paper this week from The Washington Post announcing that for the first time in a decade, the United States was crowned the world’s most competitive economy by the World Economic Forum in Davos. I wasn’t on their invitation list so I didn’t know it was going… Continue reading Wealthy? Check! Healthy? Not so much!
Category: Health and Wellness
How To Make Aging Work
I added to my hero list this week. During another boring 24-Hour Fitness workout this week, my aging I-pod Classic served up a James Altucher podcast interview with William Shatner of Startrek, Boston Legal, and Priceline fame. Now 87, Shatner looks 20-years younger and is living like his hair is on fire (yes, he still… Continue reading How To Make Aging Work
Regain Your Brain – for $79!!
Would $79 and 12 hours be too much for you to spend to avoid Alzheimer’s? If so, kill this blog and return to – whatever. Too close to home Alzheimer’s recently became a reality for my wife and me when the wife of a dear friend, half of a close 40-year friendship, was diagnosed with… Continue reading Regain Your Brain – for $79!!
Is It Too Late to Be Amazing?
I recently read a veteran career coach’s advice for displaced or dissatisfied middle-agers wishing to re-enter the job market or make a late-life career change. His advice: In today’s changing workplace, you will have to come across as – AMAZING! That’s worth pondering. What makes up amazing? The reality is, most of us don’t think… Continue reading Is It Too Late to Be Amazing?
OK, 24-Hour Fitness – Can the News!!
I have a couple of confessions. First, I’ve fallen into a bad habit of reading the newspaper in the morning over breakfast. For me, it’s the Denver Post, a newspaper that has become a shadow of its former self, considered by some as best used for bird-cage bottoms instead of news. Second, I always come… Continue reading OK, 24-Hour Fitness – Can the News!!
Help Wanted: Revolutionaries
I’m hanging out a “Help Wanted” sign. Position? Revolutionary – or rebel will do. Pay? Don’t inquire – there isn’t any. Benefits? Intangible, personal, internal, mental. Qualifications? Middle age or later; mostly pissed-off at our culture; contrarian-by-nature/nurture; thick-skinned; immune to derision; Master degree or Ph.D. in toe-stubbing; audacious ager. Requirements: Stand in the breach;… Continue reading Help Wanted: Revolutionaries
If You Don’t Take Care of Your Body, Where Will You Live?
I just went through my annual physical check-up with my PCP (If you don’t know what that stands for, we really should talk). He’s been doing the stethoscope, pointy thing up the nose and in the ears, rubber hammer and rubber-gloved, “roll over on your side” exam on me for 20+ years. I’m lucky –… Continue reading If You Don’t Take Care of Your Body, Where Will You Live?
You Are Likely Committing Murder Everyday
I’m going public and confess to murder. Fortunately, I won’t be jailed for this murder, although one could argue that I should be. A physical jail isn’t needed because the penalty I pay for this murder is tougher than an actual jail cell. My jail time is mental. The murder victim in my crime is… Continue reading You Are Likely Committing Murder Everyday
What’s Your Life Tempo – Crescendo or Diminuendo?
I’m a slightly above-average guitar player. One would hope so since I started playing in 1959. We’re talking Bill Haley and the Comets and early Elvis time zone, folks. About a dozen years ago, I discovered a player by the name of Tommy Emmanuel. If you are an acoustic guitar player or aficionado, you know… Continue reading What’s Your Life Tempo – Crescendo or Diminuendo?
How’s Your Vitality and Happiness? Not sure? Test it!
You may already be familiar with Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow, explorer, educator, and author of a very popular book on longevity entitled “Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest,” He’s the guy who assembled a group of demographers and sent them all over the globe to find the… Continue reading How’s Your Vitality and Happiness? Not sure? Test it!