Maybe it’s the position of the moon or the condition of Presidential and Local Politics. Maybe it’s the polarized distribution of wealth and resources or the clarifying of social hierarchies we have known were there but often pretended were not. Maybe it’s something in the air or in the water. Maybe it’s because I write these blogs and am known…
Take a look at these words. What do they have in common? Scandal Crooked Discredited Narcissism Harassment Weapon Lie Defeat Abuse Hate Witchcraft Steaming Mess Satan Crackdown Helpless Farce Seduce Murder They are all part of recent media hyped headlines in print, broadcast and all forms of internet/social media. I started counting and keeping track…
I’ve taken on a new role: options oracle. I’m getting more and more letters like this one, seeking advice:
Dear George,
I’m totally bored with my job. It’s safe. I make an OK salary. My bosses love me, and I have no big performance pressures. Work is uncomfortably comfortable.
My dream is to grow my app-development business. It generates revenue . . . Read More
My youngest grandchildren (twins, Madison and Robert) will be four in May. They’re in constant motion. Trying, testing, challenging, asserting themselves. I have no problem giving them full permission to learn and explore. Great 6-year-olds don’t start at 5. If they are lucky – and with assistance from all of us – they have been on the Developmental Runway since…
Last fall, social scientists at the University of Southern California and the RAND Corp. published a study that looked into the factors that influence older people to retire. Not surprisingly, they found that economic drivers were better predictors of who stayed employed in their 60s than personality characteristics. The simple fact is that most people—whether outgoing, introverted, confident or worriers,…
I had a lot of fun reading an article called “13 Aging Myths We Love to Prove Wrong.” I particularly liked myth #8, which is “being defined by my past only—as if I have no present or future.” Think of it this way: If you’re 55, you could have 30 or 40 years left to live. That’s a quite a…
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