Three3rds of Life

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At Mid-Life: Crisis or Confidence?

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Laura Ingalls Wilder has enriched three generations of my family…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] My wife and I read the Little House on the Prairie series in our childhood and early in our marriage, we bought the whole set of nine books. It is worn and dog-eared now, having been read by my …

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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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Post-Millenial: The Next Generation

Post-Millennial: The Next Generation

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”What is a Post-Millennial? Is it time for a new generation already?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] The Millennial Generation has dominated writing and research, water cooler discussion and hand-wringing for a decade and a half of this millennium.   They are the largest generation since the Baby Boomers, and have lived through the most …

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Elder Mentoring: Mentoring in the Third 3rd of Life

Elder Mentoring: Mentoring in the Third 3rd of Life

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_text animation=”none”] Photo courtesy of Victor Bezrukov [/blox_text][blox_heading title=”If you believe life-long mentoring to be a valuable quest, how in the world do you mentor elderly people? Is that even possible? ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This is an excellent question and one we hear often when talking about life-long mentoring. “Elder mentoring” doesn’t …

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Three Life-giving Thoughts about Mentoring in the Three3rds of Life: Especially The Second 3rd

Three Life-giving Thoughts about Mentoring in the Three3rds of Life: Especially The Second 3rd

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”When is your life half done?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] What if you do live from where you are into your 80’s or 90’s? Life, in past years, past generations, has often been defined in halves. The thought is there is a first half of life. Then somewhere down your road you enter …

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Mentoring Teens and Emerging Adults: 3 Vital Keys to the First 3rd of Life

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”So, you’ve decided to mentor people in their first 3rd of life? Welcome to the most exciting time to influence another human being’s life trajectory. Just think about it…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Even though Athletes make millions of dollars each year, it doesn’t take long for Super Bowl winners to fade into …

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