June 2015

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Leading from Creative Strengths

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he (or she) grows up. — Pablo Picasso” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Sadly, creativity is too often relegated to either the whimsy of children, or the exceptional artistry of someone older or seemingly more talented. I do agree with Pablo, …

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A Family’s Financial Future and Composing Music Go Together

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”In order to create a financial future it is essential to actually ignore any kind of future at all.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] During your second third of life building a sound financial future is mostly about building sustainable healthy habit patterns. Ignoring the future is important because the sole focus of building …

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Forging A Future For Realistic Growth — 30-45: A Time of Realization

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”There is something about “the big 30” that scares some and energizes others. ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] It seems like the future can be seen as unknown, a bit bleak, or full of opportunities that were hard to imagine moving through the decades of childhood, adolescence and being an emerging adult. Now …

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Mentoring Adults in the Second3rd of Life

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”“I’m past 50. Why in the world would I need a mentor?”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Have you ever heard someone say that—or something like it? It emanates from what we think is a skewed view of mentoring in our culture: mentoring is for children, adolescents and young people just starting out. This …

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Helping Emerging Adults Achieve Their Hopes And Dreams

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Every time I read an article on helping the next generation, I’m excited to see new…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …new trends, new sociology, and new ways of thinking about the world.  But most of the time, it seems authors are particularly condescending towards the “new.” For example:  Most articles I read about …

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Preparing Teens to be Productive Adults

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”“We’ve tried everything. Don’t you have a program for them?”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This dreaded phone call is the newest trend I’m experiencing in my work with students.  It comes from parents who have 21-23 year old children living in the basement. I can hear the desperation in their voice from the …

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Three Keys to Mentoring Grandchildren

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”“If I had known how much fun grandchildren were, I would have had them first…”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] An old joke, it remains in currency because each generation comes to understand it anew when entering the Grand-parenting scene as we did ten years ago.   Being a grandparent is a delight and …

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Using experience learning as the best teacher…

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”With this blog post we begin a series unpacking the Three3rds of Life. ” style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Here is a crucial question to ponder within the First3rd (see the previous blog post to capture all the age groups within the Three3rds), how are we educating those who will be the future leaders of …

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