Someone asked me online recently how I felt about getting old. While I was tempted to launch into another of my characteristic snarky-style responses, I exercised uncharacteristic self-control and provided the following: At 78, I guess I qualify for the “old” category. Occasionally, there are days when I wish it weren’t so but I settled […]
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How’s your whiplash going? Mine sucks!! I’m coming off a bad week. Actually, two weeks of funk. Last week was the first time in over two years that I missed a Monday 5 p.m. blog post. Couldn’t do it. The draft that I ran by my first-level “copyeditor” (my roommate of 49 1/2 years) got
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2020 COVID-19 bucket-list revision: Daughter’s country club wedding Backyard, limit to 20 guests, buy masks, cancel caterer, saved $45K. Bahama/Mediterranean cruise Vision of floating petri-dish won’t go away – cancel, try to recover deposit. Early retirement Hmmm – maybe these non- or semi-retirement heretics are on to something. Buy some books. Find therapist to help
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Do me a favor. Google “life purpose.” Go ahead – I’ll wait. Did you come up with the same number I did: 5,680,000. Is it really THAT important? Some would say it’s in the “woo-woo”, “touchy-feely” category crafted to sell books, workshops, and coaching services. Others would say it’s essential to a life well-lived. I’ll
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I had the good fortune recently to be asked to do a guest interview with Jann Freed, PhD, on her “Becoming a Sage” podcast. Jann is a well-known business consultant specializing in strategic planning, leadership development, and life planning. Read Full Article.
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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
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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
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Paul Tasner is 72 – and a happy, energized, first-time entrepreneur, a late mid-life escapee from the grasp of corporate life. Well, actually, an “involuntary escapee.” Paul was fired from his position as an industrial engineer at 64. He became an entrepreneur at 66 and is having the time of his life today, at 72,
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“ If you do not know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, then you don’t know where you’re going.” Terry Pratchett, “I Shall Wear Midnight” I struggled this week to come up with meaningful content that would be a fitting and meaningful
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