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Ageism is too often an accepted form of bias, even though the facts support the value of aging. Airline pilots forced to retire at the arbitrary age of sixty five are usually at the top of their game. Forced retirement in most organizations remove highly skilled performers as well as role models and trainers for newer generations. Instead of revelling in who we are, we begin to try to look younger as soon as possible, with sixteen-year-old women receiving nose and breast surgery as birthday presents. People have become inured to ""losing"" abilities as they age instead of appreciating new abilities that only age can bestow. Everyone extols the need for gender equality, lest we lose the talents of half of our population. Yet, people over sixty five are currently fifteen percent of the US population (46.2 million) and is projected to rise to thirty four percent. Due to the IRA legislation of the Reagan era--and the lack of need to purchase homes, college educations, cars, or health care--the discretionary assets are also substantial. It's time these people took control of their lives and influence on everything from business to politics.

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Alan Weiss, PhD, is a consultant, speaker, and bestselling author with the strongest independent consulting brand in the world (alanweiss.com). His firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, and over 500 other leading organizations. He keynotes several times a year at major conferences and has been a visiting faculty member at Harvard, Case Western Reserve, and a dozen other universities. His prolific publishing career includes over 500 articles and sixty books, some of which have been on universities' curricula and have been translated into fifteen languages. Weiss is interviewed and quoted frequently in the media, and the New York Post calls him ""one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America."" Born and raised in Queens, NYC, Steve Menasche is a child of Egyptian and German immigrants. He completed BS studies in percussion from Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music as well as his minor in theater. He was also a student at Manhattan School of Music, Third Street Music Settlement, and American Conservatory Theatre. He has toured the world three times, was a member of New York City's American Folk Theatre for two years, narrated over 250 audiobooks, performed countless voice-overs for major brands, appeared in national commercial campaigns, and continues to perform as both an actor and musician/composer. He previously owned and taught hapkido and jujutsu in San Francisco and continues to teach when his old knees allow.

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