Please welcome to the Ageless Beat Blog guest poster, Michael Longsdon, whose going to be discussing Safe Ways for Seniors to Be Social While Getting Fit. Image courtesy Pixabay As our bodies inevitably age, it is natural to start thinking of ways to take care of ourselves, stay fit, and boost our health. Many […]
Your Place at the Table
Soon,, many of us will reconnect with loved ones, allowing time to stop for a day while we enjoy each other’s company (and cooking!) and reflect on what really matters to us. As I have discussed in the past many women have applied the spirit of this day, both the gratitude and the giving, to […]
ThanksGIVING
Around Thanksgiving, many people focus on gratitude. On the holiday itself, as we sit around the table with family and friends, we take that time to be conscious of everything we have to be grateful for. One of my favorite rituals, before dinner is served, is to take turns sharing what mattered most to each […]
The Greatness Challenge: Excerpt
In this manifesto, I beseech you to belly up to the realization that we can no longer afford to rest on our laurels. The world is shifting to a different playing field, one New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says is “flattened by instant connectivity.” If we don’t wake up in time to retool for […]
Unwrapping Your Presence
For most of us, this is a busy time of year. It’s a wonder we have enough time in the day to get everything done, much less have time to relax and reflect. To the people we encounter at parties, family gatherings, events, we often convey our stress, our feelings of being constantly rushed, and, […]
Are You Riding A Dead Horse Or Are You On The Trail To Greatness?
If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito. -Anita Roddick We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world. -Woodrow Wilson Whether you are extraordinary at something, or everything, I bet you strive to be the […]
But I Am Not a Visionary
I’ve written a lot about the visionary voice we all have inside us, the qualities of a visionary and how that voice can guide us toward making a difference in the world while simultaneously achieving sustainable, meaningful success in our lives and work. Many of you are no doubt aware of this voice. Maybe you’ve […]
Visionary Futuring and the Digital Age
When you think about technology and the future of business, what comes to mind? What are the probable alternative future scenarios? Which is the aspirational future scenario, the one that is truly visionary and world-changing? Conversely, what is the worst-case alternative? Douglas Rushkoff’s book Present Shock: When Everything Happens NOW includes a section on “Why […]
The Big Picture
Over the past weeks, we’ve been discussing some of the attributes of a visionary, and as the new year approaches, one particular characteristic stands out—the ability (and willingness) to see the big picture, to focus beyond the present moment with a perspective that is larger than our lives, the ability to grasp the future and […]
Shift Happens
These are the best of times and the worst of times~ Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens Many of us in the U.S.A. are grieving the election of Donald Trump and his emerging alt right plutocracy and cronyism, on top of rampant extreme violations of our U.S. Constitution and Bill of rights to flagrantly […]
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