Tag: ageing
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Overcoming Age-Related Concerns Regarding Employability
“Confidence is not age-dependent. It is a timeless reflection and understanding of the deep wisdom gained through years of experience.” Self-image impacts every personal & work relationship we enter. It is built upon perceptions we consciously or unconsciously carry regarding ourselves and how we believe others perceive us. These perceptions form the foundation of our…
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Does Creativity Decline with Age?
Does creativity decline with age? An internet search on the topic pulls up a variety of articles comparing adolescents to those potentially in their grandparenting years—and for the majority, the articles conclude that creativity declines with age. My very un-clinical, yet highly observational, inter-human research completely contradicts and refutes this anti-aging “research.” To the contrary…
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The Importance of Positive Self-Perceptions and Aging
Did you know that positive self-perceptions about aging can increase longevity? A study of 660 people age 50+ found that older individuals who perceived aging positively lived 7.5 years longer than those with less positive self-perceptions about age. The advantage remained after age, gender, socioeconomic status, loneliness and functional heath were included as predictive variables. …
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Who’s Your Personal Authority Figure?
It appears that a big benefit of aging is that it tends to make us our own personal authority figures. A general theme loaded with wisdom that is coming to the forefront from many thousands of comments on the Silver Disobedience™ blog and related social media pages is this: Gone are the days we were…