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Archive for the ‘Boomer Life’ Category

July 3rd, 2008

July: Mid-year “taking stock”

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Baby Boomers: July is a great time to take stock of your personal and business life. Although it is not the traditional time to do this, it’s perfect as a mid-year stock-taking and possible course correction.
Being a “words” person, I got hung up on looking for […]

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June 30th, 2008

Baby Boomer Shoppers vs. Gen X Shoppers

I recently read an online article about a retailer who described what he saw as the difference between Baby Boomers and Generation X’ers (those born between 1965 and 1980; i.e., children of Boomers) as shoppers.
For those of you boomers who own retail businesses, the differences might be important.
Baby boomers, this retailer said, were more careful, […]

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June 25th, 2008

“Second Blooming”

Agatha Christie is quoted as saying, “”I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.”
I know what she means. Do you?
Photo: Jean Murray
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June 24th, 2008

Baby Boomers Remember George Carlin

I just heard that George Carlin died over the weekend. That’s very sad. He was a brilliant comedian and an astute observer of human nature, which of course @$^*ed some people off. The video below is a great example of Carlin’s ability to cut through the #### and tell it like […]

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June 23rd, 2008

GenBetween: Another Blog for Baby Boomers

For all of you Baby Boomers who are also members of what’s called the “Sandwich Generation” (aging parents, children still hanging around), there’s another blog for you over at the Lifestyles Channel: Genbetween.
While I focus on business issues here at Small Business Boomers, Elizabeth over there at GenBetween talks about personal issues that affect […]

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June 22nd, 2008

Do you still wear a wristwatch?

It seems the wristwatch is going the way of the sundial. Millenials aren’t wearing watches because they have cell phones to help them tell the time.

I remember my mother wore a wristwatch on a chain around her neck because she was allergic to the metal in the watchband. (I wonder why she didn’t […]

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June 5th, 2008

50 Things to do at 50-something … Part 2

To continue our list… Tomorrow I’ll announce a contest!
11. Take up windsurfing
12. Plan a surprise party for someone you care about.
13. Visit a nearby botanical garden, botanical park, anyplace where there are flowers and you can sit around and smell them.
14.  Eat something new and different, something you’ve never tried before.
15. Do something […]

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June 4th, 2008

50 Things to do at 50-something … Part I

My goal for the month of June is to give you lots of things to think about. What are you doing to improve the quality of your life during the second half?
In other words, if “60 is the new 40,” then 50 must be the new 30.  If you were born in 1960, for […]

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June 3rd, 2008

Business plans of candidates - which do you like?

Now that the dust seems to have cleared in the Democratic presidential race, it’s time to focus on the path to November and the issues that are important to Baby Boomers in business.
Thursday Bram over at One Vote Matters just had a great post outlining John McCain’s business plan.  If you go to the post, […]

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May 15th, 2008

Whatever happened to the living room?

Back in the late 19th century/early 20th there were parlors. We had a house built in 1892 that had a lovely parlor with pocket doors. Then there were formal living rooms, which we paid a lot of money for the furniture for and never used. I remember a home I had in […]

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