Archive for June, 2009
The Passing of Icons
All at once, our ranks are thinner. And the ranks of our icons: Farrah Fawcett, a leading-edge boomer, and Michael Jackson, on the other end of our generation. Mike Petrie writes this tribute about the passing of icons.
Second Reserve Bank Unit
We love it when baby boomers write books that other generations want to read. Such is the case with Ninni Holmqvist’s new novel about a woman whose government considers her “dispensable” at the age of fifty.
Baby Boomers are Today’s Entrepreneurs
If you’re thinking that the majority of entrepreneurs are young go-getters you’d be thinking wrong.
In fact, according to the Kauffman Foundation, the the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs Baby Booomer go-getters, 55 to 64.
Looking into the Eyes of Iran
Both of BoomerCafe´s co-founders – Greg Dobbs and David Henderson – are former network television news correspondents. As such, each continues to closely follow world events. David and Greg each have written pieces about what’s happening right now in Iran.
Maybe It’s Times To Change Things
We boomers might think we’re innovators, and in many ways we are. But in others, we are no different than the generations before us. Humor writer Katie B. Goode is trying to change a few things with our generation, and she begins with the custom of shaking hands.
iPod Pretty World
Why don’t we take a little piece of summer sky, hang it on a tree. For that’s the way to start to make a pretty world for you and for me.
~ Sergio Mendez, Brazil ‘66
How Accomplished People Retire Successfully
Here we are, full of life, maybe even feeling full of youth, and close enough to be thinking about putting all this energy into retirement. Fast forward to the U.S. economy, 2009…which is another way of saying, Not so fast, pal. You may want to retire, but you have to work. That’s what psychologist and executive coach Bill Roiter writes about in his book Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully.
Midlife Magic
Midlife crisis? We boomers have heard the phrase … and maybe lived the crisis … for many years now. But what does it mean, and where does it come from? Laura Lee Carter, who calls herself the Midlife Crisis Queen, has looked into it, and shares a peek at the introduction to her book, “Midlife [...]
