The title of today’s blog is the subtitle of Dr. Becca Levy’s upcoming book, “Breaking the Age Code,” a masterpiece that shatters many commonly held beliefs about aging.

The path of purposeful living is, ultimately, a spiritual journey. From birth onward, we are all getting older. But we are, hopefully, also growing whole – maturing spiritually.

Many organizational leaders feel like the deck is stacked against them these days. It's hard to find great employees as the U.S. workforce has shrunk during Covid, and when you do, you have to pay them a good bit more than before

For 36 years I have had the great role of 'explorer of the human condition.’ And the only person I report to directly is my curiosity.

Resilience buys you time; adaptability buys you a future. This concept is just as true for individuals as it is for companies.

“A young man who doesn’t cry is a savage. An old man who can’t laugh is a fool.” - Richard Rohr

The waves came rushing up around us at about the same time all of our phones started blowing up. I had been on a sailboat, learning to sail in the Sea of Cortez (bucket list, checked!) and we were coming back after 5 days with almost no cell service.

“One of the reasons that old age is so disconcerting to many people is that they feel as if they’re stripped of their roles. As we enter old age and face physical frailty, the departure of children, retirement, and the deaths of loved ones, we see the lights fading, the audience dwindles, and we are overwhelmed by a loss of purpose, and by the fear of not knowing how to behave or where we now fit in this play.

America! America? How did we get here? How did we become so divided? The Right. The Left. You’re with us or against us. Good or bad. Right or wrong. Little room in the middle for a third way or compromise. For so many in local and national government, compromise has become a negative word.

"It is possible the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. And the practice can be carried out as a group, as a city, as a nation." - Thich Nhat Hanh