This should make you stop and cogitate a bit: the health risk of prolonged isolation is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. That’s according to the AARP Foundation. I didn’t know AARP was doing that kind of deep biological, bio-scientific research. But who’s going to doubt the mighty AARP? Warren Buffett proved… Continue reading Retirement worse than smoking? Maybe.
Category: Retirement
Have You Started Your Second-half Reinvention Yet?
The January-February 2018 issue of the AARP Bulletin included a nine-page article entitled “Great Second Careers” Sub-title: “Good news: You CAN Find Success, Security and Happiness After 50 With a New Job.” Not totally boring. Kind of a band-wagon article. An eclectic collection of stories of people who made late-life pivots to jobs or… Continue reading Have You Started Your Second-half Reinvention Yet?
The “$400 Trillion Time Bomb” and “An Unnatural Act”
Quartz, the digital global business news publication, recently published an article entitled “The world is sitting on a $400 trillion financial time bomb.” Solid fear-inducing stuff, this reporting. Globally, we are going to be short on retirement savings by a mere $400 trillion (with a “t”) by 2050. $137 trillion in the U.S.… Continue reading The “$400 Trillion Time Bomb” and “An Unnatural Act”
On How To Become an “Audacious Ager”
I have a new favorite term for what I’m striving to be – an “audacious ager”. Aging is a pretty hot topic because so many of us are experiencing the unstoppable nature of it. It seems we’re on a constant search for things to describe our denial of the eventuality. Things like “purposeful aging”, “successful… Continue reading On How To Become an “Audacious Ager”
Work Yourself to Death? Not a Bad Idea!
George Burns was guilty of some really fabulous quotes, most of them quite funny, some deadly serious. Many had to do with his advancing age (he died in 1996 at age 100). Here are a few: Retire? I’m going to stay in show business until I’m the only one left. People are always asking… Continue reading Work Yourself to Death? Not a Bad Idea!
Is Your Nose Pressed Against Reality?
At the request of a dear friend whose wife has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I read a book entitled “Jan’s Story”. It’s a very poignant book by Barry Peterson, acclaimed CBS reporter and foreign correspondent, about a man’s journey with his wife, Jan, a victim of early-onset Alzheimer’s. Barry coined a phrase in… Continue reading Is Your Nose Pressed Against Reality?
Are You “Flunking” Retirement- or About To?
Flunking retirement? Now there’s a strange concept. How does one “flunk” out of one of life’s most coveted and cherished prizes? I first came across the concept five years ago when I read a book entitled “Don’t Retire, REWIRE!” by Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners, former executive recruiters and a husband and wife team… Continue reading Are You “Flunking” Retirement- or About To?
What will you do with your “longevity bonus”?
So, I’m at my 9 year-old desktop computer staring into dual monitors doing my bus dev search thing on Linked In looking for key points-of-contact in companies in my targeted recruiting niche. Recruiting remains a part of my “portfolio work life” because of a couple of things: (1) I married a woman who likes to… Continue reading What will you do with your “longevity bonus”?
Time to Decide – Take-off? Or landing?
“Life is a fatal disease. Once contracted, there is no known cure” Dr. Walter Bortz, retired Stanford geriatric physician, made that statement in his 1984 book “Dare To Be 100”. It forms a backdrop for his message about our potential to live longer, healthier and more meaningful lives. Dr. Bortz knows a thing or two… Continue reading Time to Decide – Take-off? Or landing?