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Celebrate 100 : centenarian secrets to success in business and life /
A thoroughly enthralling book that proves the truth of the adage, ""with age comes wisdom"" Based on video recorded interviews and extensive surveys of more than 450 Centenarians, this unforgettable book brings you into a world few human beings have ever known. What must it be li...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Celebrate 100: Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Century-Old Questions ... Century-Old Answers; About Celebrate 100; Our Promise to You; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Today's Centenarians-Celebrities and National Treasures: A Century of Wisdom; The Celebrities of Aging: Centenarians in the Spotlight; The Age of Centenarians: A Million or More by 2050?; Supercentenarians; The Wisdom of Centenarians: Authentic-Experience, Not Theory; A Good Life; National Treasures: Unique-Individually and Collectively.
- Cameos of Today's CentenariansElsa Brehm Hoffmann, Entrepreneur; John Donnelly, Bon Vivant; Jack Borden, Lawyer; Dr. Will Miles Clark and Lois Clark, Centenarian Couple; Don and Kay Lyon-Just Cruisin'; A Century of Progress: Their Century; A Century of Innovation; Chapter 2: The Science and Art of Living Longer and Living Better: Everybody's Doing It; On Being 100; "Read all about it!"-Newsman Ron Gilbert, 100; Increasing Longevity; Matters of the Heart; Looking for the Genie in the Genes; The Promise of Genetic Research; The Potential of Cancer Research; The Fight for Sight.
- Lifestyle Improvements through TechnologyUsing Computers, Tablets, and Smartphones; Lifestyle Choices; The Big Three; Healthy Diet; Right-Sized, Not Super-Sized Meals; For Some, an Extreme Diet Is the Key; Heart-Healthy Diet; The Seventh-day Adventist Diet; The Benefits of Exercise; Katherine "Kit" Abrahamson-Dancing at 80 and Beyond; George Blevins-Kegling Champ; Elmer Askwith; Maintaining Independence; Mental Exercise; Stay Sharp, Stay Young; Socialization and Quality of Life; Social Networking; Love and Relationships; Relationships with Friends; Volunteer Work and Community Service.
- The Importance of FamilyKarl Drew Hartzell; Louise Brooks-Matriarch; Helen Haffner, aka "Aunt Honey"; Juanita Redpath; Interests and Avocations; Trudi Fletcher; Eleanor Harris; Margaret Dunning; Chapter 3: Money Wise and Time Tested; How They Think We Are Doing; Simple Saving Wisdom: Battle of Needs versus Wants; Debt Is a Four-Letter Word; Time-ly Advice; Cash for Cars: Not a Government Program; House of Cards; Castles or Coffins?; Contrarian Consideration; Investing Today-After a Century of Perspective; Best and Worst Financial Decisions; The "Twinkle" Factor.
- Don't Bet on Not Living to 100!Defining Rich; Chapter 4: Work Wisdom; Take This Job and Love It; The ABCs of Centenarian Jobs; From Success to Significance; Superignificant Superentenarian; What a Work Ethic; Working' on the Railroad Man; Teachers Extraordinaire; Work as Worship/Workship; Health Pill; Keeping Up and Keeping On; Wise Work Advice; Working Through (a Century of) Bumps in the Road; Tough Times Don't Last but Tough People Do; Centenarian Gold Mine; More Nuggets of Work Wisdom; Chapter 5: The Top Secrets from Our Centenarians; Secret 1: Attitude; Secret 2: Healthy Eating.