Over the course of six years, I’ve conducted studies designed to tap the practical wisdom for living of the oldest Americans. Using a nationally representative survey and in-depth interviews, I invited older people (mostly age 70 and above) to tell me what younger people should do – and not do – to live happier and…
5 Tips to Find the Perfect Career for You
These days job dissatisfaction is one of the most common problems among people. Many people are either dissatisfied with their jobs, hate the tasks they are assigned or find it boring. Just ask 10 people on a Sunday night how they feel and you will discover that the majority of them are feeling really bad…
How to Make Cleaning a Habit: 10 Tips
Everyone would rather do anything at all except clean the house. Time spent cleaning feels like time wasted that could be used doing something fun. When cleaning is viewed as a chore instead of as an aspect of family life, the person stuck with cleaning feels imprisoned. Spend some time deciding what you hate about…
Stop Worrying What Others Think! 9 Tips to Gain Confidence
Shakespeare was wrong. All the world is not a stage, you just think it is. And it is this thought — the belief that you need to perform for an always-watching and always-critiquing audience — that creates massive anxiety. If you’d like to reclaim some of the time and energy you spend worrying about what…
3 Tips To Improve Your Memory Power
You’ve met them. You probably even have a few in your family that you see at barbecues every summer. It’s the 65 year old uncle that has the memory of an elephant and can recall small details from events in the 1950’s. Perhaps you have a relative that can quote specific dates from their childhood,…
Become Unbreakable: 10 Tips to Create More Personal Resilience
How much better would your life be if you were unbreakable? If you knew that no matter what happened that you would survive and persevere — and that maybe you’d even come out a little better? We cannot escape pain, difficulty, failure, tragedy, and heartache. Sooner or later it will find us despite our best…