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Thoughts on the art of living
In our fast-paced, always-on lives, it’s easy to lose touch with that quiet inner knowing—the part of us that nudges toward change. Over time, it gets buried beneath busyness, responsibility, and the pursuit of certainty.Eventually, we look up and realise: we’re not where we thought we’d be. And we’re not quite sure who we are ...
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Over the course of a lifetime, it’s sad to see how many of us choose carbon copies as our reflections. We could learn a lot more from those who have
November 17, 2019
“The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50,” Jonathan Rauch.Popularizing concept of the U-curve of happiness across cultures may help normalize midlife bumps so they don’t feel like a
November 16, 2019
On the contrary, our institutions remain largely the same as they were a hundred years ago—frozen with inertia and stuck in a mindset that still insists on seeing people in
November 15, 2019
Answering the question, I would regret being 68 (10 years from now) and not having started learning Spanish now.Alternatively, ask yourself what kind of advice do you wish you’d been
November 14, 2019
Create four columns, as shown below and start listing everything you can think of under each heading. Maybe you’re worried you’re going to get laid off. In the first column,
November 13, 2019
Wisdom distills knowledge and information to its essence, which begins, not by adding more to our lives, but by subtracting and dividing until we reach the core ingredient: insight.Insight arrives
November 12, 2019
Why is there such a gap between the personal and societal narrative on aging? What’s the difference between “elder” and “elderly” and why are “Modern Elders” an important new phenomenon
November 11, 2019
Questing for contentment defines our second half. Whereas happiness can be a temporary circumstantial high, contentment is a way of being—how we choose to live our life.It was around my
November 10, 2019
An MEA alum Jeff wrote me this, “When we shift from ‘can do it’ to conduit, we’re not working anymore. We’re flowing.”Wise words and a good reminder that we need
November 9, 2019
You have so many ways to connect with a potential mentor—social media messaging, watching speeches on YouTube, suggesting a 15-minute video call at whatever time of day best suits them.
November 8, 2019
While societal alarm bells are ringing about robots and rampaging machines, our group settled into a generally optimistic place, avoiding the typical discussions on which professions lose and which gain
November 7, 2019
It’s the poetry that happens when you start to wake up and see the world as it could be.Of course, the challenge with any transformative experience is that eventually you
November 6, 2019
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