Baby Boomers Screw Up Their Kids? Suuure They Do
The original title of Simon Sinek’s article excerpt on Salon.com? ‘How Baby Boomers Screwed Their Kids And Created Millennial Impatience.’ The subtitle is , ‘Ambitious but easily distracted, Gen Y...
View ArticleBaby Boomers Fade To Invisible
How many times do you hear it among those of a certain age, like your age: “No one notices me anymore.” Men or women, they say it like it’s the biggest loss of their life. What do they want, their own...
View ArticleTHE MILLENNIAL FUTURE, FOR NOW
When They Complain About Boomers, It’s All About Mommy And Daddy? Maybe Not. It’s time to get used to the kids ranting about their parents. For now it’s Millennials vs Baby Boomers. Your kids have you...
View ArticleFINDING BOOMER POWER WITH THE WELLDIGGERS
New Boomers And Old Dig In. Welldiggers started in January 2005. Nine years later ring leader and organizer Walt Duddington invited me to speak to a monthly meeting. He gave three open dates. I picked...
View ArticleTHE BOOMERS’ BIGGEST BURDEN
(one version of this post appears on oregonlive.com.) News about one generation or another usually explains what is wrong. Bad news has a reputation. Good news? Who wants to hear about someone doing...
View ArticleHOW TO EXPLAIN MODERN PROBLEMS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION
Boomers in the Sandwich Generation have a lot to cover. Wedged between the Greats from WWII and Millennials, baby boomers in combined households find one group over-informed by network news, and the...
View ArticleBLACK FRIDAY OR BLACK OPS
Who Really Needs The Dick Gun Doorbuster? The Sunday paper shows up on Thursday every Thanksgiving, loaded with consumer bait known as ads. During a short break in the three day cooking ordeal every...
View ArticleSPORTS SKILLS TRANSFER TO LIFE SKILLS
You’ve heard it before. The bald old man at the gym and his three hundred pound bench press? The mom of four and her three hour marathon time? The retired teacher who swims like a shark? These older...
View ArticleREGRETS FROM THE DEATHBED
Bronnie Ware Listens To The Dying On Their Deathbed. The writer worked with dying patients who told their story. She listed the top five in her book. If you’ve been with others on their deathbed, do...
View ArticleWHO ARE BOOMERS?
Who-Who? Who-Who? Who Are Boomers? For starters, the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, is a boomer. It’s nice being in the same group with the big dogs. The inventor of the richest company in the world?...
View ArticleINNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN BOOMER
I hear you asking, “What’s a ‘proven’ boomer?” You know what a ‘made man’ is in the Mafia? They’ve taken an assignment from the boss and done good with it. Usually the assignment that makes you a Made...
View ArticleIF MILLENNIALS SUCK, WHO ELSE SUCKS
A recent poll questions whether millennials suck as bad as everyone else. Too many times you hear about the new ‘biggest ever’ generation in negative terms. You’d think millennials suck worse than any...
View ArticleMILLENNIAL VOTE, BABY BOOMER HISTORY
Who gets the millennial vote? Election spin twists faster and faster the closer voting day gets. One minute the official polls change, the next they change back. The 24 hour news cycles needs drama to...
View ArticleSTOLEN BY GHOSTS, SAVED BY LIFE
The once a year excuse: Stolen By Ghosts. Halloween comes with one special get out of jail free card. If you ever blamed the dog for lost homework, you know the drill. To make it perfectly clear, I...
View ArticleTHE BOOMERS’ BIGGEST BURDEN
(one version of this post appears on oregonlive.com.) News about one generation or another usually explains what is wrong. Bad news has a reputation. Good news? Who wants to hear about someone doing...
View ArticleHOW TO EXPLAIN MODERN PROBLEMS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION
Boomers in the Sandwich Generation have a lot to cover. Wedged between the Greats from WWII and Millennials, baby boomers in combined households find one group over-informed by network news, and the...
View ArticleBLACK FRIDAY OR BLACK OPS
Who Really Needs The Dick Gun Doorbuster? The Sunday paper shows up on Thursday every Thanksgiving, loaded with consumer bait known as ads. During a short break in the three day cooking ordeal every...
View ArticleSPORTS SKILLS TRANSFER TO LIFE SKILLS
You’ve heard it before. The bald old man at the gym and his three hundred pound bench press? The mom of four and her three hour marathon time? The retired teacher who swims like a shark? These older...
View ArticleREGRETS FROM THE DEATHBED
Bronnie Ware Listens To The Dying On Their Deathbed. The writer worked with dying patients who told their story. She listed the top five in her book. If you’ve been with others on their deathbed, do...
View ArticleWHO ARE BOOMERS?
Who-Who? Who-Who? Who Are Boomers? For starters, the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, is a boomer. It’s nice being in the same group with the big dogs. The inventor of the richest company in the world?...
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