Barbara Morris:
Sometimes, You Have to be Your Own Expert
Most health care professionals,
including pharmacists, must engage in continuing
education to maintain a license to practice.
It's a good thing but sometimes you have to
wonder about what is taught.
For example, if you ask your pharmacist if you
should give your child a fish oil supplement,
you might be told that if your child eats a
"good diet" (whatever that means), a supplement
is not needed. Why might the pharmacist give
such advice? The answer may be found in a recent
continuing education course for pharmacists:
". . . fish oil supplements for kids are
often promoted as improving visual acuity, brain
function, or intelligence.
But there is no proof that omega-3 supplements
make kids "smarter" . . . or have any cognitive
benefit in most kids. In fact, many of these
claims will be removed . . . due to pressure
from the feds.
Tell parents that most kids don't need fish
oil supplements." (emphasis added)
Bad
assumptions about networking mean a lot of us get less than we could from
it. Far less. Real networking has nothing to do with business cards or
methods of organizing them. It has nothing to do with “getting ahead.” It
has nothing to do with “meet and greet” events billed as “power networking
opportunities.”
Real
networking—the kind that will make a difference
in your career and your life—is about getting to
know people who are focused on what you want to
be focused on and relating to them
authentically.
No phony “Let’s
do lunch” or “I’ll call you next week” stuff
that never happens. More like “I thought you’d
appreciate this article, given our conversation
last week.”
Mary Beth
Izard:
Is Now a Really Good Time for Boomers to Start a
Business?
Is
now the right time to get started? Well, it depends... on what type of
business you want to start. But in general, for the types of businesses Baby
Boomers start, the answer is "yes." Here are some reasons why:
· Many Boomers are looking to start businesses that have low start-up costs.
At 50-plus years old, they want to minimize their start-up investment and
the financial risks associated with starting a business. Many self-finance
their businesses. As such, tight credit in the current economy will not have
the same impact on them as it will on business start-ups that require a lot
of capital.
Joyce Shafer:
Do You
Attach Untrue Stories to Experiences?
A simple action sent me back, in memory, to the first time
I became aware of attaching an untrue story to an experience. See if you
recognize your own predilection or habit of doing this.
I needed to open a new pint of Half & Half. The container had that opening
that requires you pull the flaps just right to create the V-shaped spout. I
started the pull and had a flashback.
Some
spend their days, sometimes lives, regretting
the past, hating the present and dreading the
future. Many of us have been there. Though it
takes a while before we learn to appreciate the
NOW; we must realize that now is all we have.
We waste years
wanting to undo the past; the present is
difficult and the future looks bleak. When we
finally realize that life is too short to waste,
we appreciate the gift of each day. Our new
attitude will change our lives.
Perhaps
you tuned into some of the Olympic Winter Games
as I did, where you may have been awed,
inspired, or possibly even irritated by some of
the performances, interplays between athletes,
human interest ploys, or chewy pieces of gossip
that were bandied about.
But before the full experience falls prey to our
incredibly efficient self-cleaning brains, it
would be helpful to identify two small enriching
and enduring lessons that can benefit us for the
long term.
The first involves time: in watching these
incredible athletes, we see the results of a LOT
of hard work. It helps to remember that behind
those incredible performance are hundreds to
thousands of hours of concentrated practice. It
requires an incredible amount of repetition if
you want to take a skill to world class level.
In
the article
“Do You Feel Authentic?”
author
Joyce Shafer asks, "Do you
ever feel afraid to be as you are?" She then
tells a story about actor Patrick Stewart’s bald
head and how during his youth he tried to cover
it with a comb-over. Then something “terrible”
happened: A friend snipped off the comb-over and
said to the furious Stewart, “Now, be yourself!
No More hiding.”
Ah, hair on the head. Very few people look good
(by society’s standards) without it. When you don’t have very much of it, obvious
attempts to hide the baldness often come off as
ridiculous. The person who snipped off Patrick
Stewart’s remaining locks and advised him to be
himself, to stop hiding – did him a favor.
The advice to stop hiding behind hair should be
extended to men with beards; they should stop
trying to hide who they are.
Your face is a reflection of who you are inside,
and even the kind of life you live. If you want
to get to know a man, start by reading his face
– but you can’t do it if it is covered with
vegetation.
Do you agree or disagree? Vote in the poll below
Links:
For May
Vitamin
D3 is recognized as a vitally important
substance to prevent and alleviate a variety of
health issues. There are several links relating
to D3 that show the necessity of getting enough
of this valuable supplement.
Thanks to Long Island Newsday
columnist Peter King for a great review of No
More Little Old Ladies. As a result, many
Long Islanders signed up to receive the
newsletter. Here is the
link for the review.
It was a great review because Peter King
actually read the book, and he understood and
appreciated the message. I spoke at length with
him and was totally blown away that he is so
aware of what it takes (from a male perspective)
to avoid premature decline. Increasingly, I am
finding more and more men are interested in
Putting Old on Hold, and good for them! It's
encouraging because men generally don't age as
well as women not because they can't but because
they don't know what it takes. Much of No
More Little Old Ladies is "food" for
men who don't want to become Grumpy Old Guys.
Welcome to all!
About Your Editor
Hi, I'm Barbara Morris. My subscribers
know who I am but if you just stumbled
across the newsletter,
I'm the resident pharmacist, opinionated
ageless diva and knower of all things
dealing with aging. I'm Putting Old on
Hold and if you stick with me, I'll help
you do it too!
Why This Newsletter?
This newsletter is intended to help mid-life and
younger women understand that they have the
power to manage their aging process. Even with
unforeseen life events, women can determine 70
percent of the state of their mental and
physical condition 25 or more years into the
future. It's all about developing a vision, and
having the will to plan and prepare. This
newsletter is also intended to inspire women of
every age, to motivate and provide tools to aid
the worthy quest of healthy agelessness.
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Bad
assumptions about networking mean a lot of us get less than we could from
it. Far less. Real networking has nothing to do with business cards or
methods of organizing them. It has nothing to do with “getting ahead.” It
has nothing to do with “meet and greet” events billed as “power networking
opportunities.” 
Is
now the right time to get started? Well, it depends... on what type of
business you want to start. But in general, for the types of businesses Baby
Boomers start, the answer is "yes." Here are some reasons why:
A simple action sent me back, in memory, to the first time
I became aware of attaching an untrue story to an experience. See if you
recognize your own predilection or habit of doing this.
Some
spend their days, sometimes lives, regretting
the past, hating the present and dreading the
future. Many of us have been there. Though it
takes a while before we learn to appreciate the
NOW; we must realize that now is all we have. 
Perhaps
you tuned into some of the Olympic Winter Games
as I did, where you may have been awed,
inspired, or possibly even irritated by some of
the performances, interplays between athletes,
human interest ploys, or chewy pieces of gossip
that were bandied about.
In
the article
Vitamin
D3 is recognized as a vitally important
substance to prevent and alleviate a variety of
health issues. There are several links relating
to D3 that show the necessity of getting enough
of this valuable supplement.
