Age Smart: Discovering the Fountain of Youth at Midlife and Beyond

Author:   Jeffrey Rosensweig ,  Betty Liu
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
ISBN:  

9780131867628


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   04 May 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Age Smart: Discovering the Fountain of Youth at Midlife and Beyond


Overview

Americans are embracing an entirely new way of aging: one that's based on staying productive, staying active, and staying young in body and mind. Jeffrey A. Rosensweig and Betty Liu share strategies for bringing together all the elements of a long, happy, fulfilling, connected life. Starting today, you'll learn how to take advantage of the latest sciences of health and longevity... leverage today's most powerful techniques for protecting your financial security... find or keep the work you love... pursue a path to deepen your own personal spirituality, whatever form it may take. No Pink Pants is packed with easy-to-use tips and guidelines for everything from your portfolio to your medical insurance. The heart of the book: intimate interviews with individuals celebrated for what they've learned about getting better with age:  powerful role models ranging from Jimmy Carter to Helen Gurley Brown, Robert Mondavi to C. Everett Koop. Learn from their experiences; then use this book's easy worksheets to take control of your own future!  

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Author:   Jeffrey Rosensweig ,  Betty Liu
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Financial TImes Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 16.10cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780131867628


ISBN 10:   0131867628
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   04 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Foreword  xv Introduction  xvii   Chapter 1:  Just Say No to Pink Pants  1   PART I:  YOUR BODY  23 Chapter 2:  No Excuses! Exercising Is Key to Staying Young  25 Chapter 3:  Eat the Right Stuff  43   PART II:  YOUR MIND  69 Chapter 4:  Taking Care of Your Brain  71 Chapter 5:  Staying Curious  81 Chapter 6:  Practice Optimism  97   PART III:  YOUR SOUL  113 Chapter 7:  Nurturing Your Soul  115 Chapter 8:  Socialize Your Way to Health  121 Chapter 9:  Having Purpose  133   PART IV:  YOUR MONEY AND YOUR JOB  147 Chapter 10:  Don’t Let the Money Control You: Saving Smart for Lifelong Security and Success  149 Chapter 11:  Growing Your Wealth: Investing Well  159 Chapter 12:  To Defer (or Not to Defer) Taxes  173 Chapter 13:  Get Out of the Dilbert Syndrome: When a Second Career Just Might Be the Answer  181   Conclusion  205 Appendix:  The Baby Boomer Factor and Life Expectancy  211 Index  223

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It's not about staying young, but aging well. Rosensweig and Liu, a finance professor and a business journalist, respectively, offer a holistic approach to aging smart, just as the Baby Boomer generation begins to reach retirement age. The authors artfully combine factual health and financial information with spiritual and inspirational suggestions (as seen in chapters like Practice Optimism and Nurturing Your Soul ) to comprise a comprehensive strategy for getting the most out of your senior years. Incorporated into the text are the perspectives of aging experts, including psychologists, anthropologists and medical scientists. More interesting are the inspirational stories from successful and famous people--including Jimmy Carter and longtime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown--who are still creative, energetic and productive at age 60, 70, even 80+. Readers will also benefit from the solid financial advice in the closing chapters, which include practical information on saving, investing taxes and more. Those in their middle and upper years will appreciate this upbeat guide to aging happily and healthily. --Kirkus Reports


It's not about staying young, but aging well. Rosensweig and Liu, a finance professor and a business journalist, respectively, offer a holistic approach to aging smart, just as the Baby Boomer generation begins to reach retirement age. The authors artfully combine factual health and financial information with spiritual and inspirational suggestions (as seen in chapters like Practice Optimism and Nurturing Your Soul ) to comprise a comprehensive strategy for getting the most out of your senior years. Incorporated into the text are the perspectives of aging experts, including psychologists, anthropologists and medical scientists. More interesting are the inspirational stories from successful and famous people-including Jimmy Carter and longtime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown-who are still creative, energetic and productive at age 60, 70, even 80+. Readers will also benefit from the solid financial advice in the closing chapters, which include practical information on saving, investing taxes and more. Those in their middle and upper years will appreciate this upbeat guide to aging happily and healthily. --Kirkus Reports


It's not about staying young, but aging well. Rosensweig and Liu, a finance professor and a business journalist, respectively, offer a holistic approach to aging smart, just as the Baby Boomer generation begins to reach retirement age. The authors artfully combine factual health and financial information with spiritual and inspirational suggestions (as seen in chapters like Practice Optimism and Nurturing Your Soul ) to comprise a comprehensive strategy for getting the most out of your senior years. Incorporated into the text are the perspectives of aging experts, including psychologists, anthropologists and medical scientists. More interesting are the inspirational stories from successful and famous people-including Jimmy Carter and longtime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown-who are still creative, energetic and productive at age 60, 70, even 80+. Readers will also benefit from the solid financial advice in the closing chapters, which include practical information on saving, investing taxes and more. Those in their middle and upper years will appreciate this upbeat guide to aging happily and healthily. --Kirkus Reports


Author Information

Jeffrey Rosensweig is a finance professor at Emory University. A Ph.D. who studied at MIT and a frequent commentator on national television and at keynote lectures, he studies economic and aging trends and their impact on business and investing strategy. A member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, he resides in Atlanta.   Betty Liu is an on-air correspondent for CNBC Asia. An award-winning business journalist, Betty spent the last ten years as a reporter for The Financial Times and Dow Jones Newswires writing about economic and social trends. Raised in Philadelphia, she is currently residing in Hong Kong.  

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