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Aging: Giving Up 'Giving Up'

Jim Selman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Habits, Aging, Fear, Wisdom, Relationship, Values, Retirement, Transformation, Freedom, Future, Prejudice, Resentment, Growing Older, Choice, Eldering, Happiness, Living News
Jim Selman

What if wisdom has more to do with 'giving up' our beliefs and attachments than 'getting' more insights or having 'more, better and different' of whatever we think is important?

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Health Is A Function Of Participation

Jim Selman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Purpose, Eldering Manifesto, Eldering, The Hunger Project, Breakthrough Foundation, Health, Est, Vietnam, Participation, WErner Erhard, Transformational Technologies, Wellness, Living News
Jim Selman

My focus is on working to transform the culture of aging so that our later years in life are as meaningful and filled with possibility as when we were younger.

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Learning to Die

Jim Selman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Examined Life, Wisdom, Astra Taylor, Dying, Dr. Judith Rich, Living, Socrates, Learning, Eldering, Living News
Jim Selman

Learning to die is really learning to live. It is 'letting go' of the past and the future and allowing ourselves to experience the serenity of just being alive.

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When Do We Take Action?

Jim Selman | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Wisdom, The Economist, Aging Population, Eldering, Economy, David Korten, Living News
Jim Selman

According to The Economist's report on aging, one in three Americans will be over 60 in the next 11 years. The impact of this number of older people on public spending will be unprecedented.

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No Regrets, Let's Clean Up the Mess Together

Jim Selman | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama, Commencement Speches, Conventional Wisdom, Van Jones, Age, Eldering, Living News
Jim Selman

Let's transform our conventional wisdom about age as something that segments and divides us socially, politically, economically and spiritually.

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Collective Intelligence: Is the Future Already Here?

Jim Selman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Perspective, George Por, Wisdom, Collective Intelligence, Eldering, Richard Ogle, Living News
Jim Selman

Building practices for communication and coordination across the generational divide is essential if we are to create a common vision of what is possible and begin to co-create the future that we all want.

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Youthful Idealism and Boomer Resignation: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Jim Selman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Serve America Act, Intergenerational Collaboration, Michelle Obama, Eric Utne, Eldering, Barack Obama, Living News
Jim Selman

There was a wonderful article in USA Today by our new First Lady extolling the importance of 'youthful idealism' in these uncertain times. I couldn't ...

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Are Reappropriated Pensions in Our Future?

Jim Selman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Pensions, Retirement, Eldering, The Elders, Business News
Jim Selman

There is no excuse for a company or a government taking an employee's money and promising a pension in return and then spending, squandering or stealing that money for short-term expenditures.

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