Celebrate 100: Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118525647 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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A thoroughly enthralling book that proves the truth of the adage, "with age comes wisdom"Based on video recorded interviews and extensive surveys of more than 500 Centenarians, this unforgettable book brings you into a world few human beings have ever known. 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,
We hear all the time how 'this time it's different.' These wonderful people tell us that while the circumstances may differ, the response remains the same: 'Follow principles, not fads.' Thank you, Steve and Lynn, for giving us a book that should be on everyone's reading list."—Ron Blue, founder of Kingdom Advisors and author of the national bestseller Master Your Money. 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
""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 speakin. 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 speakin. 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 o. "Sensational Centenarians!" according to Joan Hoffmann Textor. 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
Franklin was a tenured professor and associate dean, and received the number one teaching evaluation by students three times at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. She now lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is a writer, speaker, and consultant on centenarians and aging excellently. She founded Arizona’s Centena