Celebrate 100: Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118525647 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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What must it be like to have lived an entire century—and not just any century, but one of the most fertile, productive, cataclysmic, revolutionary hundred-year periods in the history of the human race?Imagine having navigated all of life's personal milestones against the backdrop of the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Space Age, the Digital Age, and 9/11; what stories you would have to tell! In their own words, and with no small measure of good humor, these remarkable men and women tell their stories and share their insights on life, business, making it and losing it, great sorrow and joy—and having lived to tell the tale.Distills the wisdom and wit of 500 centenarians into six sections covering the passage of time, career, money, time management, secrets of longevity, and capturing and sharing wisdomFull of timeless advice, like "Money cannot make you, but it can break you," with anecdotes about savings, debt, and investing for the long-run—the reall
""Celebrate 100": Challenging my plans for the future" according to William Thomlinson. Celebrate 100 is a thoroughly enjoyable, well written book that presented me with humor, hundreds of years of lessons learned by very inspiring "normal people" and, perhaps most important, challenged me to think not only about my past life but how to prepare for the next "Celebrate 100": Challenging my plans for the future Celebrate 100 is a thoroughly enjoyable, well written book that presented me with humor, hundreds of years of lessons learned by very inspiring "normal people" and, perhaps most important, challenged me to think not only about my past life but how to prepare for the next 30 or more years. I am one of the "younger generation" people with respect to the centenarians featured since I am now a young 71. I found them speaking to me in my own voice on many issues. That at times was comforting but also sometimes disturbing. The humor. 0 or more years. I am one of the "younger generation" people with respect to the centenarians featured since I am now a young 71. I found them speaking to me in my own voice on many issues. That at times was comforting but also sometimes disturbing. The humor. H. Lindquist said A Rewarding Read. This is a marvelous introduction to a diverse group of spectacularly long-lived individuals. These folk are proof that old age doesn't have to be a long painful drudge into that good night. Far from it! I'm in my A Rewarding Read This is a marvelous introduction to a diverse group of spectacularly long-lived individuals. These folk are proof that old age doesn't have to be a long painful drudge into that good night. Far from it! I'm in my 30s and most of the people I talk to think of old age as a mixed-up amalgamation of silliness the TV has fed them, a collage of rest home dreariness, life insurance ads tinged with melancholy resignation, and of course, tons of tons of pharmaceutical-shilling. This not an accurate picture.Thankfully, Steve Franklin an. 0s and most of the people I talk to think of old age as a mixed-up amalgamation of silliness the TV has fed them, a collage of rest home dreariness, life insurance ads tinged with melancholy resignation, and of course, tons of tons of pharmaceutical-shilling. This not an accurate picture.Thankfully, Steve Franklin an. Sensational Centenarians! As a daughter of one of the featured centenarians (Elsa Brehm Hoffmann) and the mom of Sharon Textor-Black who wrote a book about Elsa ("Elsa's Own Blue Zone"), I shared my daughter's excitement in receiving and relishing each page of this book of centenarian secrets! "Celebrate 100" is a fabulous overview of the top tips from those who have truly "been there and done that." Can we all finally, finally pay attention to these wise and 21st century elders that have lived and learned and now are sharing these secrets with us to e
That's exactly what you'll get in Celebrate 100."—Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio show host"Anyone who has ever listened to old men tell stories in a town square or heard grandmothers and great-grandmothers chatter in the kitchen knows the sheer joy and fascination of it. From the Back Cover"Five thousand years' worth of insight distilled into one extraordinary book! In Celebrate 100, my friend Steve Franklin and his colleague Lynn
She co-produced the first centenarian documentary, Centenarians Tell It Like It Is, which aired regionally on PBS, and authored an inspirational calendar featuring active centenarians, Age with Grace: The Centenarian Spirit, published by Cedco Publishing.Lynn has been featured in major media, including a CNN special, Newsweek and People magazines, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and numerous local and regional media formats.