Messages
5/12/2022
14 : 14
Stop blaming yourself
You might be the kind of person who takes things personally. The kind of person that assumes others think ill of you. Always blaming yourself for the perceived slights of others. Such self-critical
5/10/2022
9 : 24
Control the chatter in your head
Your inner voice can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Mental chatter can help you rehearse and refine a presentation, even help you write a novel when the characters take on a life and a voice
5/9/2022
9 : 14
Work is broken
Jonathan Malesic makes the rather revelatory yet oh-so-obvious point that the coronavirus pandemic has been a large-scale catastrophic philosophical experiment. Work was not what we thought it was.
5/8/2022
9 : 34
Is “Jubilee Street” by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds the greatest song ever?
Drums snare the opening across a silky arpeggio of melancholy and terrible beauty. Instruments swing as rock and roll maestro Nick Cave echos a lurid tale of a street girl who stumbles and falls when
5/7/2022
9 : 34
Why we don’t achieve our goals
There's thing we want to achieve. Big things. Ambitious things. But they slip through our fingers year after year. Why? Thinking about goals is all good and well. But imaginary goals alone won'
5/6/2022
9 : 34
Why are we so afraid?
The world has never been safer or more prosperous. Today we live healthier and longer than ever. Our chance of dying from war, disaster, starvation and even pandemics are at levels our ancestors could
5/5/2022
9 : 34
We’re tired of being sustainable
It's easy to be overwhelmed by climate despair. Just look at the facts. Last month, stations near the north pole reached temperatures 30C above normal, with records smashed in Norway and Greenland.
5/4/2022
9 : 24
Ageism can take years off our lives
Ageism results in more than hurt feelings or even discriminatory behavior. It affects physical and cognitive health and well-being in measurable ways and can take years off our lives. Heart failure,
5/3/2022
9 : 14
How to lower outrageous medical bills
We all know the cost of health care in the US is somewhere between exorbitant and extortion. But it's difficult to know how high because medical bills are so purposefully opaque. Is there any other
5/2/2022
9 : 14
Seven lessons from an older entrepreneur
After three decades as a business journalist, John Thornhill decided to roll his sleeves up and get his hands dirty by starting a business. Why? Call of the wild? Major cultural shifts? Google Trends
5/1/2022
9 : 44
Is “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer the greatest song ever?
An electronic whine like a satellite swooping through space opens the song as heavenly synth strings crescendo. Grid-like groove of hypnotic sequenced synth-pulses, shuddering staccato synth bass riff
4/30/2022
9 : 34
Stop waiting
Are you waiting for the perfect idea to manifest itself? Have you convinced yourself that once the perfect idea comes along at the perfect time, you'll quit your job and magically live the life of
4/29/2022
9 : 34
Who will decide the next election?
In a word, women. Women voters age fifty and over will very likely decide the balance of power in Congress and statehouses around the US in the upcoming midterm elections. Unlike their male brethren,
4/28/2022
9 : 34
Why you don’t want retired military men in your business
Corporations seek out ex-military officials because they think it's good for business. There's no denying that all that brass and all those medals will probably attract some short-term military
4/27/2022
9 : 24
Should retired military generals be banned from working for military contractors?
Generals who commanded American forces in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2018 have gone on to serve on more than twenty corporate boards. And not just any old corporate boards. But the boards of the
4/26/2022
9 : 15
Avocado a day
Eating avocado cuts the risk of heart disease by more than a fifth. We all know avocados contain high levels of fiber, healthy unsaturated fats and other key nutrients like magnesium and vitamins C, E
4/25/2022
9 : 14
Should older men dress like rock stars?
If we're fifty years old, we probably don't want to look like Jared Leto on the red carpet. The mascara is laid on a little too thick, the silk shirt is plunging a little too deep, the stance
4/24/2022
0 : 44
Is “Lust for Life” by Iggy Pop the greatest song ever?
Pile-driving opening drums and clambering bass kick off this seminal song. Co-written by David Bowie with Iggy ad-libbing the lyrics after the pair fled to Berlin to escape raging heroin addictions and
4/23/2022
0 : 24
Where have all the older workers gone?
For accuracy, The Great Resignation should be renamed The Grey Resignation. Nearly seventy percent of the five million people who left work in the US during the pandemic were older than fifty-five.
4/22/2022
0 : 24
Why wars will never end
Ask any arms manufacturer what war is good for and they won't hesitate to tell you. It's profit. Lots of it. Even during a pandemic year without any major wars going on anywhere, sales of