Modern Elder

I love wordplay. I'm particularly fascinated by words that have a relationship with each other if you just switch two letters. For example, if you switch the "l" and "t" in "latent," it becomes "talent." Just saying the phrase "latent talent" sounds like a poem.

Imagine being the most powerful person on earth and then publicly embarrassed with one of the largest electoral defeats of a sitting U.S. President. Jimmy Carter left office at 56, ripe for a serious midlife crisis. What comes next when you rose and fell so precipitously?

Serendipity. I sat across from the doctor and listened in disbelief as he told me the prognosis. "You have a stress fracture in your foot from too much hiking. I'm looking at your chart. At 67, you might be too old to be hiking. Maybe you should consider doing something else."

When I first met Peter Drucker, I had been a fan for half my life. He was the brilliant thinker who shaped modern management around the world, influencing thousands of executives and corporations, changing businesses forever.

“A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.” - Abraham Lincoln

It’s uplifting to see the world come together for a single event. It doesn’t happen all that often. But, the World Cup is one of those times.

“It takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient.” - Judi Dench Dame Judi knows what she’s talking about.

Andre Iguodala is a dapper dude. He’s a GQ model with EQ on the basketball court. He was also the MVP of the inaugural Golden State Warriors NBA Finals run in 2015 (4 championships in 8 years).

How do we articulate our values as we age in the workplace? Do we cite our history or outline a future that takes advantage of our career lineage? While both answers play central roles in today’s typical resume, I have to believe that our current language doesn’t quite capture what we truly have to offer. The problem starts with the word “resume” itself.

“There is nothing inherently ennobling about aging. Nothing. There’s no sign that anything lends old people steadiness or wisdom or magic from on high or from down below. If we don’t train young people and middle-aged people in elderhood, we will have no elderhood…