Hi Reader, Just a quick reminder that you’re almost out of time to secure your spot for the upcoming masterclass: Discover 7 In-Demand Freelance Careers (that won’t be replaced by AI anytime soon).WHEN: TODAY (Thursday, September 19th) at 1pm PT (4pm ET) This Masterclass will teach you: · The FIVE truths about AI that will shape your future success as a freelancer. · A simple strategy to make AI your ally and help you grow a thriving business. · Seven in-demand Freelance Careers not to be...
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F50 Issue #30: September 3, 2024 Reaching the Summit of Your Dreams: One Baby Step at a Time “Only you know what you're capable of and you'll never find out if you don't try it.” — Dierdre Wolownick The trailer for a documentary film called Climbing into Life opens with a gorgeous mountain view, set before a background of brilliant blue sky. Sheer rock faces jut straight out of the ground, skirted by velvety green stands of trees that gently flow into the valley below. Then we hear Dierdre...
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F50 Issue #29: August 20, 2024 How to Dream Big: Five Career Lessons from Carol Burnett Two comedy legends sit down for a conversation about life, work, and aging well. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is interviewing Carol Burnett on the Wiser Than Me podcast, which promises “hilarious and intimate conversations with iconic women, brimming with wisdom and the kind of attitude that only comes with age.” And Carol does not disappoint! She’s in her 90s and shows no signs of slowing down. Most recently, she...
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F50 Issue #28: August 6, 2024 The Longevity Mentor Olympics: Signs You Could Be a Winner too! Longevity mentors are everywhere, even in places you’d least expect. Take Simone Biles, for example, an American gymnast competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Drum roll, please! At the age of 27, she’s just become the oldest all-around women’s champion since 1952! From our perspective, she’s still young, but it’s a big accomplishment in a sport where younger gymnasts typically dominate. An...
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F50 Issue #27: July 23, 2024 Lessons from June Squibb: On Finding Success with “Slow Ambition” June Squibb is an inspiration. For seven decades, she’s been working as an actor. In 1959, she started off in the broadway musical Gypsy and then moved to film in the 1990s. You’ve probably seen her if you’ve watched movies like Meet Joe Black or TV shows like Shameless. And you can hear her voice in the movie Inside Out 2, where she plays the embodiment of Nostalgia, a grandmotherly character...
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F50 Issue #26: July 9, 2024 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question many of us were asked when we were kids. Maybe you asked yourself this question. You may even remember school assignments where you wrote about or drew a picture of what you’d like to be when you grew up — childlike descriptions of common professions and some entirely made-up ones. And you had to have this question figured out by when? High school graduation?...
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F50 Issue #25: June 25, 2024 Seven Roadblocks to Avoid on Your Journey to Freelance Success Years ago, the freelance journey seemed like uncharted territory. If you told people you worked from home, you might have faced quizzical looks: “What do you mean you work from home? How do you get anything done?” Others might have said you’re lucky. It takes courage to pursue a freelance career, but the rewards are invaluable. One of our favorite quotes comes from a poem by Robert Frost called “The...
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F50 Issue #24: June 11, 2024 Be Your Own Biggest Fan: Lessons from Unretiring Athletes Imagine you’re competing for the championship trophy in a popular sport. As the clock ticks down, you’re poised to score the winning goal. During the last few seconds, you look up at the stands for support. Scanning the crowd, you see a row of people cheering you on — friends, family, whoever is nearest and dearest to you. And … wait a minute. Who’s that? Are your eyes deceiving you? You see YOURSELF...
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F50 Issue #23: May 28, 2024 Mindset Matters: How to Build Healthy Habits After 50 In the 2002 movie About a Boy, Hugh Grant plays a character named Will Freeman. If you’ve seen the movie, you may remember that Will saw himself as an “island” — a free man with no responsibilities and obligations to other people. Because he inherited royalties from his father’s hit Christmas song, he didn’t have to work. Instead, he carefully carved out a lifestyle with daily habits that enabled his brand of...
5 months ago • 5 min read