French Novelist & Author
Popular culture would have us believe that once we are forty, we are more or less washed up and on a downhill trajectory. It's easy to agree with this view if our thinking is aligned with cultural conditioning that sees age as a category (of young or old) rather than...
Few organisations have a strategic approach to managing their older workers. This issue persists despite research by Deloitte Access Economics that shows a 3 percent increase in the participation rate of workers over 55 could account for a $33 billion boost to...
If you've heard the term "relevance deprivation" you may be older and possibly retired. Alternatively, you may be between jobs or a parent who has become an "empty nester". Regardless of your situation, remaining relevant is an individual responsibility. And it can...
Goals have a significant impact on what we do each day, how we live, and how we feel about ourselves. They can be both motivating and disheartening. Motivating when we achieve the goal we set. Disheartening when we under-achieve or miss the goal altogether. Without...
“I don’t feel my age.” Old isn’t a number. Old is an attitude. Old is more likely to be associated with physical or cognitive decline. Discussions we’ve held with baby boomers reveals that people often feel ten or twenty years (or more) younger than their actual age!...
Generational labels that divide. Population divisions based on the year we are born. What if we removed the labels and simply met each other as people, with a variety of wants, needs and challenges that span age? What would happen to the smashed avocado debate then?...
"Age is just an abstraction not a straight-jacket." This poignant quote from James Cromwell in the movie 'Still Mine' is a striking reminder of how our attitude can limit or expand our view of being older. We probably notice this most when we meet, read, or hear about...
I was 28. He was 61. At the time I thought he'd had a good innings because he was, after all, 'old'. That was nearly 25 years ago. Now I know I was wrong. What do I think now? He wasn't old. He was in the prime of his life. Given that men and women, on average, live...
