When we were 25 our life decisions could have a 30 year horizon. After 50, decisions have a shorter shelf life and require a new kind of adaptability and planning. Here are some tips from my #SNNLocal6 Focus 50+ series on After 50 decision making.
The news of John Boehner’s announcement—that he’s stepping down as Speaker of the House of Representatives and resigning from Congress—is still reverberating a week later.
While most of the discussion about this move has focused on his successor, I’ve got a different take on the news. Mr. Boehner has launched himself into one of the most highly public career transitions possible. . . . Read More
If you are in a relationship, no matter how long you have been together or how well (or not) you get along, one of you will be alone someday. It happens that this is top of mind at the moment. My new possible solution: Line Dancing. Really? Line Dancing? Yes. It came to me when my wife, Brown Eyes, said…
I recently gave a speech about life planning, talking about how it’s best to start that plan with being real about where you actually are now. One of the audience members objected, saying that she needed to imagine future goals as a motivator. As in carrot, not stick. I understand. But it’s been my experience that when my clients begin…
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…
I had that dream again. I was stark naked in the lobby of a hotel with fully clothed people milling around me, and I couldn’t find my clothes or a way to call my wife to come get me. I’ve had that dream twice before, first when I was in graduate school and totally immersed in writing my dissertation, and…
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