2010 may be remembered as the year baby boomers began to embrace the benefits of social networks. 15.5 million Facebook users in the United States were over the age of 55 at the beginning of 2011. This remarkable 60 percent increase over the number of baby boomers on Facebook in the beginning of 2010 shows that [...]
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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Today we know him as “The Colonel,” but until he was 65, he was known by his birth name – Harland Sanders. The KFC mogul began his enterprise at an age where many people end theirs, and he did it in an effort to save his failing restaurant. By the time he finally retired, his [...]
Friday, May 11, 2012
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How life was – my promotion to hell – 1978 > 1980 The paradox of my career promotion was that my life got progressively worse. From 1976 to 1978, I commuted to the corporate offices via La Guardia Airport, where I rented a car for the drive into Ct. On a good day the round trip [...]
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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When you die, what will you leave behind? A secret family recipe for your award-winning shrimp gumbo? A published memoir of your youthful antics? A storage unit packed to the gills with Beanie Babies? Whatever shape your legacy takes, if you’re like most Americans, there’s a chance you’ll also leave behind some debt. If you [...]
Monday, May 7, 2012
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It’s no secret that in the current economic downturn, baby boomers are finding ourselves fearful of losing our jobs to younger workers, and/or struggling to find new employment. For 30 years I’ve helped displaced homemakers, kids just out of college, former CIOs and CFOs and everyone in between prepare themselves for the job market. Recently, [...]
Friday, May 4, 2012
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How life was – party town and reefer madness – 1972 > 1977 In 1973, my training and creativity introduced new ideas that I successfully implemented which put me on a fast track career that I struggled to accept. I feared the social expectations that are tied to high level management because I didn’t have the [...]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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Receiving your tax refund can be a lot like finding money in the pocket of an old pair of pants, both of which are usually spent without much thought. Although our tax refunds come every year, we always seem to think of them as a surprise surplus of money. According to the IRS, the average [...]
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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If someone were to ask how we would like to see ourselves in the later years of our lives, most of us would respond: independent, healthy, and active. This is not such a far-fetched dream as had been for our parents, and even they achieved those ambitions from time to time.. The life expectancy today [...]
Monday, April 30, 2012
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Let’s go merrily into May as a parade of planets shake, rattle, roll and set their energies off into the stratosphere. There is a lot of electricity seeking an outlet. What path will you choose? Famous Geminis: Joan Collins, Bob Dylan, Patti Labelle, Peggie Lee, Allen Ginsberg, Bill Moyers, Sandra Bernhard, Tom Jones, Liam Neeson. [...]
Friday, April 27, 2012
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“What we had here was an once-in-a-lifetime occurrence,” said the Bethel town historian. Sam, my friend since the fourth grade, taught high school art and sold his art work on the streets of a small resort town that was just over the Connecticut border in New York State. He called one night to tell me [...]
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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