Reading Time: 4 minutesHow Personality Profiles Changed My Life Throughout my life, I’ve benefited from taking personality profiles. First, they helped me better understand and accept who I am. When I was growing up, I thought the ideal was to be somebody with a personality I didn’t have. The model held up to me was an extroverted type …
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m constantly searching for insightful reading material that offers practical wisdom for personal growth, exposes me to new concepts, or gives me new skills. Recently, I stumbled upon Unique Ability 2.0: Discovery, Define Your Best Self by Catherine Nomura, Julia Walle, and Shannon Waller. This book is designed to take you through a process to …
Reading Time: 6 minutesAccording to James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, “Genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.” We all possess personality traits we were born with, natural areas of strength and weakness. These natural abilities don’t lock us into a defined future but are areas we can consciously build on. “The …
Reading Time: 5 minutesOur culture has an unwritten expectation that a retired person will be unproductive. The very words “retire” or “retirement” perpetuate the myth that old age is an unproductive time in life and imprints the belief that people in their later years should simply sit back or indulge in a recreational activity like golf. The Seven …
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Train yourself to be fully and completely immersed in what you are doing at the moment, and it will become a habit.” Daily Creative: Find Your Inspiration to Spark Creative Energy and Fight Burnout, by Todd Henry. Being able to focus is the super skill that will make you 10x more productive. In today’s fast-paced …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI live in a 55+ community in the Phoenix Arizona area. Almost all of our 26,000 residents are retired. The prevailing attitude is “I’m retired, and my reward for working is to not do anything but play.” This is reflected by declining participation in the service organizations in our community. Most of the people I know …