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    Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of Maturity, Wisdom, and Experience for Personal and Professional Success
    Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of Maturity, Wisdom, and Experience for Personal and Professional Success
    Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of Maturity, Wisdom, and Experience for Personal and Professional Success
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    Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of Maturity, Wisdom, and Experience for Personal and Professional Success

    Written by Alan Weiss

    Narrated by Steve Menasche

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    Ageism is too often an accepted form of bias, even though the facts support the value of aging. Airline pilots forced to retire at the arbitrary age of sixty five are usually at the top of their game. Forced retirement in most organizations remove highly skilled performers as well as role models and trainers for newer generations. Instead of revelling in who we are, we begin to try to look younger as soon as possible, with sixteen-year-old women receiving nose and breast surgery as birthday presents. People have become inured to "losing" abilities as they age instead of appreciating new abilities that only age can bestow. Everyone extols the need for gender equality, lest we lose the talents of half of our population. Yet, people over sixty five are currently fifteen percent of the US population (46.2 million) and is projected to rise to thirty four percent. Due to the IRA legislation of the Reagan era-and the lack of need to purchase homes, college educations, cars, or health care-the discretionary assets are also substantial. It's time these people took control of their lives and influence on everything from business to politics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateJul 31, 2018
    ISBN9781469099040
    Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of Maturity, Wisdom, and Experience for Personal and Professional Success
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    Alan Weiss

    Alan Weiss is a Rhode Island-based consultant, speaker, and bestselling author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Mercedes-Benz, Merck, The New York Times, and over 500 other leading organizations. His speaking typically includes 30 keynotes a year at major conferences. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management, is a Hall of Fame Inductee at the National Speakers Association and has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Press Institute.

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      I recommend this to everyone highly, regardless of age. Alan Weiss is a thinker and a debunker of the conventional "wisdom."