ON TURNING 70
First, I would like to acknowledge that I should have been dead a long time by now. I survived a horrific truck accident when I was 14. Thank you God. I survived several near drownings while surfing in waves way too big for my swimming skills. Thank you God. I survived cancer a couple of…
Read MorePosting a blog from the Editor-In-Chief Emeritus of Fortune Magazine of China…Tom Gorman
Tom Gorman is the brother of my editor, Bob Gorman. For decades, Tom lived in (still does) China and operated Fortune China magazine. He knows China better than almost any American alive. He now has a blog on the Fortune China website titled Sibuxiang…in both Chinese and English. He recently blogged about my new book,…
Read MorePolitics and retirement
The topic of this blog…Politics and retirement This is one man’s opinion and philosophy…just food for thought. I completely respect an opposing opinion. I vote. I stay current with the political scene. However, I am completely through trying to influence others to think and vote as I do. I am through working for campaigns. Not…
Read MoreGetting braces on my teeth at age 70
So, yesterday I sat quietly in an office waiting room, surrounded by 12 year old kids, waiting to go in to have braces put onto my bottom teeth. Got em on. Walked out of there feeling quite out of place, but with the knowledge that I was doing what I always do…playing for the long…
Read MoreThe topic of this post is…Gambling in retirement
Ok…this is the confession of a degenerate gambler. For decades I have gambled large sums of money in casinos and card games all around the world. When I say “large sums” I remember (painfully) losing $10,000 in about a minute. Happily, I also had days where I won nearly $100,000 in one setting…and hit a…
Read MoreYou won’t miss it…2
The topic of this blog is…the things from work you will miss. You will miss virtually NOTHING. I know that is hard to believe, but it is true. You will be so involved with the new opportunities and activities of you life that the old ones will fade, fade away. The above is not entirely…
Read MoreYou won’t miss it.
The topic of this blog is…You won’t miss it. My wife and I have had some big homes along the way…up to 8000 square feet for just the two of us. By the way…we found we were happier in a normal size home. Well prior to retirement we moved to a normal sized home and…
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Debt
I woke up at 5am this morning and had this blog running through my head. Not sure why…but here goes. Debt can keep you from completely enjoying your retirement…or life for that matter. Debt happens to all of us…or almost all of us. It sure happened to me. If you have two kids in college…
Read MoreDealing with the guilt of NOT living near your loved ones in retirement
The topic of this blog is…Dealing with the guilt of not living near your children or grand children One of the things that causes retired people to live in places they do not really want to live is the fact they want to be near their kids and grand kids. I totally get why this…
Read MoreDo you want to become a writer?
The topic of this blog is…Do you want to write now that you are retired? Do you want to write in your retirement? Story of your life…history of your family…what you learned during your career…a novel…ideas that you think will help others…whatever. If you do want to write and you have no idea how to…
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