Legacy
Longevity In America: It’s a Whole New Age
“You’re not getting old; you’re getting ready.” -Ernestine Shepherd, the world’s oldest female competitive body builder. The numbers are in, and people are living longer! The CDC calculates that overall life expectancy in the U.S. is presently 78.7 years, with women outliving men by an average of 5 years, or 81 years vs. 76…
Read MoreHow to Live Long and Prosper
“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” –Betty Friedan Leonard Nimoy and the Changing Face of Growing Older in America When Leonard Nimoy left us earlier this year, the whole world mourned the passing of a beloved cultural icon. Even though he originally played Spock, the unemotional Vulcan, for…
Read MoreAll That You Leave Behind: Planning Your Legacy
“A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing.” -Warren Buffet, as quoted in a September 29, 1986 interview with Fortune. According to the consulting firm Accenture, boomer parents will be distributing about $30 trillion to their millennial descendants over the next 30-40 years. While…
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