When Mary Lloyd asked me to review her book, Bold Retirement: Mining Your Own Silver for a Rich Life I agreed but with some trepidation. There are two words in the title that are turnoffs for me: 0retirement0 and 0silver.0 I loathe and detest the word 0retirement0 and the word 0silver0 conjures up visions of well off couples playing golf and going on cruises as a lifestyle. Even though the word 0bold0 is used to modify the word 0retirement0 in a positive way I thought, 0Well, here0s one more book that tells old people how to live life as a pastime.0I said I0d review it so I jumped into my usual 0let0s get this over with0 speed-reading mode but quickly slowed down to savor what the author was saying. If you0ve ever started to read a book and after reading just one paragraph you know you don0t want to put it down, this is one of those books. It is immediately clear that Mary Lloyd is a brilliant woman with a definite flair for writing engaging prose. Yes, she talks about retirement, but not in the way I had expected.Mary sees retirement as the beginning of a new and […]
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This is the age of increased competition in the corporate world. With the right corporate gifts you are on your way to forging more loyalty from your associates and more enthusiasm towards work from your employees.After checking corporate policy, a gift should be selected carefully according to the position, interests and hobbies of the recipient. While the holiday season is the most popular time for the giving of corporate gifts, there are many other occasions which can be made the most of, including the anniversary of an important date for the business, such as its founding, the opening of a new office or the opening of a new office or branch. Retirement, marriage, birth of a new baby, and promotion are just few of the excellent moments when one can show deep appreciation by giving corporate gifts to encourage loyalty and strengthen team ties, that is gift giving should be limited to only a few occasions a year.As for the company logo, while having this appear on the gift does act as free advertising, it is only appropriate for gifts which will be in use daily, such as key chains, drinking mugs, caps and ballpoints. If you are about […]
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Let me preface this article by saying that I had been just as guilty as most in that quest to look fit, trim and healthy. After being a fat kid, I became obsessed with working out and weight control and carried that mission all through my adult life. Gym rat and carb counter, supplements, diet products and any edge I could come up in that eternal battle against the bulge. From the outside, I had succeeded more than most.
I did amateur competitive bodybuilding up until age 48, and even won a few Master’s Division trophies. In our early fifties, my wife and I, who both work hard at it, are the picture of health and fitness in the eyes of many. At the same time, we both bemoaned constant aches, joint pains and phantom ailments that never got diagnosed. It became an inside good-natured game of one upping each other and who the worse ailment of the day. Trips to the doctor’s office became more and more common, as did pickups at the pharmacy.
It was easy to dismiss as part of being over the hill, as we justified it. For me it was even easier to play-off, as years and […]
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