Don’t miss the new Boomer Blog Carnival!

March 1, 2010

Wes over at LifeTwo has the latest from the blogging boomers! Don’t miss out!

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What’s the coolest job YOU’VE ever had?

February 25, 2010

Talking with a friend last night, we got on the subject of COOL jobs…probably an unusual topic for a couple of 50-year-olds.
His best job ever was as a bartender once at an exclusive strip joint…the stories he could tell.  So I gave this some thought and quickly decided my coolest job is what I’m doing [...]

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Want to know more about X-rays and your health?

February 24, 2010

Go see my new healthy aging blog!

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Wouldn’t you like to have a talk with some of the people you think you might like to emulate?

February 24, 2010

emulate: to try to equal or excel; to imitate with an effort to equal or surpass.
When we stop and think about who we want to be next.  When we KNOW it’s time for a job or career change, but don’t know what to consider next in our lives.  We may start looking around for a [...]

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Do baby boomers still get high?

February 23, 2010

There’s an interesting article over at the Boomer Cafe today about this.

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Blogging Boomers Carnival #150

February 21, 2010

Time to sit back and enjoy the latest Boomers Blog Carnival.  Thanks to new member Anne over at It’s all about Aging for doing such a great job!

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Turning Crisis into Opportunity

February 18, 2010

Since I LOVE figure skating and you could always find me at the ice rink in junior high and high school, and in honor of the winter Olympics, please forgive me if I use a tiny little skating metaphor to illustrate a point:
It isn’t how you fall – it’s what you do after you get [...]

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Women far more vulnerable when life crisis hits

February 16, 2010

According to a recent AARP survey, nearly two-thirds of American women age 40 to 79 have experienced long-term job loss, divorce, death of a spouse or a major illness or disability.
When these things happen, women are much more likely than men to take a huge financial hit.  Add to that the fact that women tend [...]

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Do you need less sleep than you used to?

February 12, 2010

Most healthy older adults need less sleep and tend to be less sleepy during the day than healthy younger people, according to a new study in the February issue of the journal SLEEP.
Results of the study showed that older adults slept about 20 minutes less than middle-aged adults, who slept 23 minutes less than young adults. [...]

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Finding Speaking Success: Mentoring Tips for the Masters

February 9, 2010

I am so pleased to announce the publication of my third book!
Brian Schwartz and I have spent the past six months interviewing 25 of the top speakers in America, and then editing those interviews into a concise summary of their careers as powerful, well-known speakers.
We have learned up close and personally from masters like Patricia [...]

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