There's a qualitative difference between the male ego and the female ego. I've never heard of anyone demanding of any female that she prove that she's a 'real woman.' It's just assumed. It's taken for granted. A woman is born a woman. That's exactly the opposite condition from the one that all males are born into. »more»

Have you ever been traveling from one city to another, and you're in the airport at the gate, waiting for your flight to load? »more»

As the world financial situation continues to unravel before our eyes, the last vestiges of that sense of security that we've all been led to believe in has been exposed as the fairy tale that it's always been. »more»

One attribute of increases in human longevity is that the length of time that seniors are expected to live past retirement has been increasing. Even though people are living longer (since 1940 men are now living on average five years longer), the age of customary retirement has been relatively fixed. »more»

One of my favorite authors, Richard Leider, is coming out with a new book, Something to Live For:  Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up.  As a coach, I've been influenced a lot by Richard's thinking on purposeful living, and his books are featured prominently in the "recommended reading" section of my blog, Project Creative Vision. Needless to say, I'm eagerly anticipating the new book as well.

At a recent conference call about the book launch, Richard talked about how this book is taking his ideas about life purpose to a whole new, more spiritual level.  »more»

Yesterday I had a long conversation with an individual conducting research on the job prospects for "mature" workers, which is code for people over 50. We covered a lot of territory and I thought that a few of the key points were worthy of a post on LifeTwo. »more»

If you are asked to picture an entrepreneur, a tech-savvy male in his late twenties might be the image that comes to mind. While there is no shortage of high-tech start-ups by young male engineers, this is hardly the only type of entrepreneur. In fact, according to a story in the BBC, an increasing number of over-50s are starting their own businesses and many of these are women. »more»

The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that 43% of the U.S. labor force will become eligible to retire between 2004 and 2012. This means two primary things for middle aged workers. »more»

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"...for the past 75 years federal policy has been designed around easing folks who are past 50 out of the workforce rather than enticing them to stay in it."

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