Beyond Resilience: Adaptive Thinking for an Age of Uncertainty
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Why Resilience Has Its Limits
There's no shortage of books and articles extolling the virtues of resilience. However, as life becomes increasingly nonlinear, these traditional mantras about resilience may not carry the same weight as they once did.
Beware of Experience Alone
A commonly held belief among many of my clients is that their experience is an asset. It seems that the older we get, the more we rely on this mantra. While it is true that you may have accumulated a wealth of experience in certain areas, this is a dangerous assumption. Experience in what?
Retirement: A Hybrid Activity
The linear lifestyle conditions us to think that we get on the treadmill of life and work our butts towards a lifestyle at some distant point in the future called "retirement." If we define the pursuit of retirement as sacrificing ourselves
Embracing Nonlinearity
I'm in the middle of writing a white paper for a new media company I have just started called The Interlude Café, scheduled to launch in September this year. The company is for a new generation of people over 45 who don't view life in the traditional linear format of education,
Business: Not (Quite) a Game
We often hear business being described as a game - mainly because elements of strategy, competition, rules, levels, and objectives are involved. The pursuit of profit can
How to Stumble Across Things
For all our love of planning and goal-setting, one thing never ceases to amaze me: the number of times I hear somebody say they could never have envisioned a year ago what they're doing now. How does that happen?
You're Not the Big Cheese!
Any transition or reinvention involves being able to move on from the past. But we often think of the ability to move on as ditching emotional baggage. But being unable to move on from a former identity can be equally pernicious.
Age Is Not an Advantage
I've been asked a lot about my thoughts on whether people over 50 should start a business. I'm always baffled by the question because the stats clearly show a rising trend of people over 50 starting a new business.
Some Stress Is Good For You
The modern world conditions us to avoid stress and discomfort at all costs. Helicopter parenting knows no bounds these days.
Anchoring Bias in Transitions
You finally made a move to dump the demanding but high-paying job in the city. Finally, after a decade of living a fast-paced life in the corporate world, you're done. You were suddenly offered a job i
The Dark Side of Determination
The "drownproofing test" is a hallmark of Navy Seal training. You're dropped into a nine-foot pool with your hands tied behind your back and feet tied together