Don’t Retire: Rewire and Refire!
Now that I am not chained to an academic calendar, I have been traveling as things pop up and I am still not used to the flexibility. First, I squeezed in a few days at the monastery which is about...
View ArticleLearning from Sages
For over a year, I have been writing a monthly column for a neighborhood magazine called South of Grand Neighbors. This all came about because one of my former students owns the publication and we ran...
View ArticleThe Power of Purpose
One of my favorite books about leadership is The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better by Richard Leider. In fact, you can listen to Leider talk about purpose: Leider was one of the...
View ArticleBecoming a Sage: This is Water.
This month I wrote about Rev. Bill Cotton, a sage from whom I have learned a lot. You can read the article by clicking here. What I find interesting is this paragraph: “And remember you can’t make it...
View ArticleLearning to Age with Grace
My parents live in a nice retirement home within walking distance from where I live. Even though I am from Iowa, my parents left in the mid-80s and moved to Mesa, Arizona where they lived happily for...
View ArticleLearning from Our Wise Elders
It continues to amaze me how we are so quick to forget about the wisdom of our elders and rush to who is newer, younger, and less experienced. Youth is seductive and society, especially the power of...
View ArticleDon’t Whistle While You Work
As much as I read and write about positive aging, I had an experience recently that reminded me that I am still struggling with aging. Someone gave me a gift certificate to get a facial which I love....
View ArticleSages Have Good Characters
For my monthly magazine column Becoming a Sage, I continued my theme of character inspired from The Road to Character by David Brooks. Click here to read it. From The Road to Character: “People do get...
View ArticleWhat Has Aging Taught You?
If you read my blog because you are interested in sage-ing or positive aging, then I wanted to introduce you to Dr. Bill Thomas. He was one of the sages I interviewed for by book Leading With Wisdom:...
View ArticleLearning about Life from a Sage: Jimmy Carter
Ben, a friend and regular blog reader, sent me an email last week about the sage wisdom of former President Jimmy Carter. Thanks Ben because you are correct. We can learn a lot from the life and...
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