 By Jim Selman | Bio
The early Boomer retirees are rewriting
the book of what ‘freedom from having to earn a living’ means. Of
course, there is the rush to enjoy some of the perks of our new-found
freedom. But once the lustre of all that unscheduled time wears off,
we're faced with the realization that retirement can also mean the
freedom to take on those issues we either didn’t have time for when we
were younger or were afraid to risk what we had going at the time for.
But for most, this freedom means the opportunity to learn, to engage in
some form of creativity and to step up to the challenge and opportunity
of ‘Eldering’—being of service to the community and to those that
follow, using our life experience and wisdom for the betterment of our
world.[ Read More]
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
An overwhelming concern with mental
fitness seems obvious from the plethora of "brain games" geared to
‘older’ people. This fascination with keeping our minds and our
memories intact is admirable considering that we will probably need our
faculties for a lot longer than any previous generation. From sudoku to
crosswords, challenging video games to virtual realities, we have many
options to choose from. Each offers different challenges for our key
brain functions: concentration, language, memory, logic/reasoning, and
visual/spatial skills. Two assumptions underlie much of the research and development in the area of online brain games for older adults:[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
Of
all the complaints and fears we hear that are associated with aging,
the number one is boredom. After a lifetime of activity and
accomplishment, it is incredible how many of us move into “elderland”
only to discover that we’re unsatisfied and bored. How can this be?
Granted that we might not be as spry as we once were and some of our
libidos are lackluster, but goodness gracious, do we really expect our
circumstances to make us happy or enthusiastic or interested in other
people and the possibilities of each and every day? [ Read More]
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I’m back from another week of leadership training and coaching, this
time at the Air Force Academy. What a great group of dedicated people
trying to transform their organizational culture to be more dynamic and
responsive in this rapidly changing world. The trip home was brutal—the
usual pain of getting through security, plus flight delays, lost
luggage and lots of equally distressed travelers helped create a
generally ‘down’ mood and a more than a little bit painful experience.
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By Stu WhitleyBioThis post is the first in a three-part series.
at a conference, recently, the dais groaned
under the ponderous weight of self-important men
in bow ties and eyeglasses secured with small chains
holding forth in florid phrase and vexing verbosity
demonstrating the gulf between the idea and its imparting [ Read More]
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I notice I am getting more ‘age’ jokes in my email these days. Most of them are kind of silly: they’re either about leaky parts or real or imagined sexual fantasies among octogenarians (watching or wishing in all sorts of unusual circumstances, like learning to bounce your walker on a trampoline so you can peak at the nude beauty in the next yard). Like most humor, it is about people laughing at themselves or their situation. I don’t find most of them particularly funny, probably because while I am now officially a ‘senior citizen’, I don’t yet identify with the core realities that are being spoofed. While I don’t mind this attempt to ‘laugh it up’ in the nursing home set and I don’t think this kind of levity is ageist, it does reflect our expectations and our fears of what we are in for as we grow older. [ Read More]
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