Baby Boomers Aren’t Look-a-Likes
What do Larry the roofer (age 45), Michele the nutritionist (age 50) and Tim a bank vice-president (age 60) have in common? Larry is a blue-collar worker with a high school diploma; Michele is an upper middle-class woman with an MA degree; and Tim has a PhD in business. Yet they are classified as boomers and marketers treat boomers as a monolithic group.Editorial Controls
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My Take on Happiness-The need to "Matter"
Articles and books about happiness are increasing. Well, My interviews with adult learners and retirees led to the following conclusion: happiness and “mattering” go hand-in-hand.
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Many paths to retirement happiness
Ellen Goodman wrote in her final column before retiring: “There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit…It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving on rather than out.”
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Surviving in Economically Troubled Times
Thousands of unemployed are on the brink of financial disaster. I continue to hear: “We cannot pay our mortgage and it looks like foreclosure is ahead.” “It’s like an out of body experience. I cannot believe it is happening to me.”
