Aging

New Rule for Life #3: Keep your professional networks active and current.

New Rule for Life #3: Keep your professional networks active and current.

Most of us now in or thinking about our “retirement years”, whether we’re still working full or part time or not, grew up with a 4 stage life model: 1. Childhood 2. Education 3. Work and Family 4. Retirement What has changed? “Retirement” has developed multiple forms and there is no one way to do it, much less do it…

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New Rule for Life #2: Working Longer and Keeping Your Skills Current

New Rule for Life #2: Working Longer and Keeping Your Skills Current

New Rule for Life #2: Remain able and qualified to work well into your 80s and beyond. Track where work-for-pay is going AND keep your marketable skills and certifications current/relevant. She came to me for advice. Not financial advice. That’s not what I do and, besides, she already has a great financial advisor. “What can I do to make some…

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HEARING LOSS IS A FAMILY MALADY

HEARING LOSS IS A FAMILY MALADY

In a recent Washington Post article by Marlene Cimons, former President Jimmy Carter, 91, said that 90% of the arguments he has with his wife of 70 years, Rosalyn Carter, 88, are about hearing. Mr. Carter said that having to repeat things “drives him up the wall”. According to the article 25% of people 60-69 have some degree of hearing…

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TWO OF THE IMPORTANT AFTER 50 LESSONS MR. TRUMP CAN TEACH US

TWO OF THE IMPORTANT AFTER 50 LESSONS MR. TRUMP CAN TEACH US

I don’t know Mr. Trump. I see an experienced showman on television, read his speeches, and listen to the pronouncements of his staff. Arguing crowd size isn’t what it’s about for me. I’m not a therapist. Analyses aren’t going to happen here. I’m not an Ethicist, so you won’t find words like “lie” and my reactions to it in this…

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The Slippery Road To Isolation Well Before We Are Old

The Slippery Road To Isolation Well Before We Are Old

One of my longtime California friends recently sent me an email commenting on how many long-term friendships are affected by the recent presidential election. His observation is that a significant number of people – from both of the major voting spectrum positions – are unable to comprehend how their friends could possibly have voted the way they did. Even worse,…

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