http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/ Author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:02:42 -0400 hourly 1 http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/#comment-152 maggie Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:02:42 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=420#comment-152 Hi Marc – Thank you for your comment! Taking the long view, I believe is truly important and inspiring – and a way to shape our destiny. If we get too focused on the material or on personal achievements, we lose sight of how we are all connected, and we forget that our futures are all bound together. Stay well and thank you so much for reading my blog! Maggie

]]> http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/#comment-149 Marc Legrez Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:22:59 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=420#comment-149 Maggie, your article is extremely interesting and points out the right question : at some time, how can a person provide more meaning to its destiny ? Especially, how to keep feeling fine among so many diverse conditions around – poverty, loneliness, mental disorder, etc. – and how to provide or what to provide which can bring a satisfactory relief to the so many broken people that stand next door ? I have no clear answer for myself, other than being “active” as long as possible, and “transmitting” as much as possible : as if, at 57, I was convinced that in reality “my” future is “our children’s” future, “their” future.
Congratulation for your blog. Amicalement, Marc

]]> http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/#comment-147 Kathryn Sollmann Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:05:06 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=420#comment-147 Hi Maggie…I talk a lot about reinvention on my multi-channel blog site, http://www.9livesforwomen. Two posts you might like to read: “Don’t Reinvent: Rebrand and Recycle”…because reinvention can sound like an uninviting major overhaul. http://9livesforwomen.com/2012/05/17/dont-reinvent-rebrand-and-recycle/
Also one of the best life planning tools I’ve encountered is the concept of a Life Portfolio: http://9livesforwomen.com/2012/05/04/buy-stock-in-your-life-portfolio/

]]> http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/#comment-127 Shelley Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:41:31 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=420#comment-127 If you have enough money to live in a safe place and pay your bills, then choose to do something that counts rather than something that just gets you more.

]]> http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/#comment-119 Kate Viens Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:30:46 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=420#comment-119 Yes, great article. It does raise the question, how do we advise our children? Do we steer them toward lucrative careers and greater financial stability, advising them that there will be time to privilege meaning and social impact? I’ve spent my career in nonprofits that have a mission I believe in, and I’m hard pressed to think what my encore career would be.

]]> http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/06/06/the-secret-of-reinvention-in-an-age-of-longer-living/#comment-118 Jason Chin Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:35:26 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=420#comment-118 Great article, Maggie. I think your description of smart phones is perfect: “the smart phone is our teddy bear and cognitive prosthetic” It made me think of my son and his teddy bear. I hope that bear is never replaced by a smart phone.

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