We must not forget 9/11

I will never forget the images on my TV screen on the fateful day of September 11, 2001.  It was morning on the west coast, and I awoke to see the first tower smoldering.  While my eyes were fixed on this horrible sight, to my disbelief, a plane hit the second tower.  And then the [...]

Getting people back into stores

Retailers are faced with less-than-positive sales figures.  Part of the problem, their research disclosed, is consumers are dissatisfied with in-store experience compared to the relative is to buy products online.  As the Internet becomes the accepted choice for purchasing consumer goods, dissatisfaction is expected to worsen.  So what must the brick and mortar operations due [...]

Pre-boomers have a responsibility to be of service

The Greatest Generation is leaving us at an ever increasing rate.  So, even if we’re not totally prepared, the torch is being passed to the Pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945) – now known as New Seniors.  Beginning next years, boomers will turn 65 at the rate of one every ten seconds through 2030.  [...]

Carnivals and amusement parks can make you feel like a kid again

Taking our grandchildren on a little summer trip has been an enjoyable change of pace over the past couple of years.  My wife and I just returned from a jaunt to Las Vegas with our two older ones, now seven and thirteen.  One of the highlights of the trip, according to the kids, was the [...]

New Seniors movement helps America

Having reached the age of 65 carries no promises with it.  This simply means you lived long enough to learn a few things along the way and had the good fortune of not dying.  The real achievement will come when you put the experience and beliefs gained over the years to work for someone else. 

 
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