Celebrate 100: Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life
- ISBN-10
- 1118567625
- ISBN-13
- 9781118567623
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-03
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Steve Franklin, Lynn Peters Adler
Description
A thoroughly enthralling book that proves the truth of theadage, "with age comes wisdom" Based on video recorded interviews and extensive surveys of morethan 500 Centenarians, this unforgettable book brings you intoa world few human beings have ever known. What must it be like tohave lived an entire century—and not just any century, butone of the most fertile, productive, cataclysmic, revolutionaryhundred-year periods in the history of the human race? Imagine having navigated all of life's personal milestonesagainst the backdrop of the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, twoWorld Wars, the Space Age, the Digital Age, and 9/11; what storiesyou would have to tell! In their own words, and with no smallmeasure of good humor, these remarkable men and women tell theirstories and share their insights on life, business, making it andlosing it, great sorrow and joy—and having lived to tell thetale. Distills the wisdom and wit of 500 centenarians into sixsections covering the passage of time, career, money, timemanagement, secrets of longevity, and capturing and sharingwisdom Full of timeless advice, like "Money cannot make you, but itcan break you," with anecdotes about savings, debt, and investingfor the long-run—the really, really long run Based on over 500 taped interviews and extensivequestionnaire surveys developed and conducted by noted expertsSteve Franklin and Lynn Peters Adler
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