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Grow WHOLE not Grow OLD !
KNOWLEDGE SPEAKS BUT WISDOM LISTENS
Chip Conely's website 
Wisdom Well (modernelderacademy.com)

• Knowledge is at our fingertips in this modern technological google-age , but WISDOM is not.   Hence the need to swap from being a knowledge worker ( no biggie anymore sorry Peter Drucker ) to a Wisdom worker.  
• Industrial age =  Youth , Labour , Retirement (Pensions , Safety net ) 
• Technological age = Adolescence , Adulthood , Contribution ,  Regeneration , Value addition  
• By choice or necessity people are going to work longer .   While they live longer ,  the power might be moving earlier (younger CEO's ? ) 
• MID LIFE - a CHRYSALIS not a CRISIS .  We go into the cocoon of MIDDLESCENCE and emerge a wise colorful happy butterfly !    
• Eldership not Elderly  - You are as much an elder as you are in intern.  
• Relevance more than Reverence ,  Attuning more than Attaining.  
• Do not make it a MIDLIFE MARATHON with a lot of baggage, keep it light. 
• Mindset editing - What are you ready to burn and dissolve ? 
• Mining your Mastery - learning what you have to offer to a younger person 
• Cultivate Community - create rituals and legacies , have fun ! Celebrate your empty nest ! 
• Life is no longer a one-tank journey , as it used to be.   Feel free to take two or more pit stops along the way , fuel up , rest and revive.   Life transitions are like doorways , with simple rituals the symbolic keys that let you in

 

• Enjoy also long-life-learning.html - more gems from Chip Conely

THINK-E-TATION coined by Tim Bilyeu ,
the state and place where 80% of his best business ideas flow ! 
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A combination of thinking and meditation . More like the active thoughts that flow AFTER any “transcendental practice”  -- whether conventional meditation , walking , exercise , box breathing , or simply calling to mind a loved one with feeling and compassion …..
Coined by Tim Bilyeu of Impact Theory fame  -   Its’ that amazing state of a free-flowing mind post “mental warm up”  ,  accompanied by feelings of  exuberance and confidence .  
If we could access this state at will ,   creativity and problem-solving would be on the uptick.    Eighty per cent of Bilyeu’s best business ideas have come from this state of being and he practices it regularly – DAILY.    One of his triggers is Box Breathing .
 
STEP ONE -  EXERCISE / MEDITATE
STEP TWO – THINK-E-TATE
 
Another aspect could be going deeper into Theta state and merging levels of consciousness like some tribals do.   As opposed to a monophasic state (single) state of consciousness , unlike tribals who discuss dreams at 4.00 am and believe that the dream world is as real as the physical polyphasic states ) .   Meditation helps you tap into these altered states .  However , even at the basic practical everyday level , what could work is the simple two-step formula above.    

Just like you should be aware of your circadian rhythm for optimal and beneficial sleep , you should be aware of your optimal transcendental practice – the one that will lead you to the flow state and heightened creativity.    This can save you some drudgery and hours of unfocussed toil.  

Burning the midnight oil groggily   vs  working creatively and optimally.  Surrendering to intuition and inner space .  Hustling leads to broken marriages , poor relationships with kids , ageing faster …. So why do we persistently advocate this path as the ONLY way,  when there’s a better solution ?    
Aha moment in my own work life.    Previously advocating “hard work” as dad did … but realizing now.   The key is not the quantity but the quality of work-hours.  As it is with sleep-hours. As it is with practically anything of substance.     

A pre-requisite of think-e-tation is TIME !!!  It cannot be super rushed.  You need those moments to warm up . clear your mind and get into the groove.  
T I M E  =  Think-e-tation Is a Magnificent Experience !!! 😊 😊

Quiet-Quitting : Doing what is required at work , but NOT going above and beyond. 

Quiet- Quitting ;   A phenomenon of the corporate world as opposed to self-employment.  A bit of a misnomer, as i understand you are not  "quitting" your job at all , just NOT going above and beyond.  Doing the essentials in the absolute 9-5 realm of time.   
Wow !  This would have been considered shabby and "unprofessional" 20 years ago .  Quiet quitters would have been scorned as lazy , lacking ambition and a bad example to the team.  I would have personally felt that too ...and yet here i am , thinking that TIME in my greatest asset, and so wishing i had more of it.  Such a bundle of contradictions as usual , and ashamed of my own double standards.