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Investments in Your Health in the 2nd Half of Life

May 20, 2019 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Investments in Your Health Have you made investments in your health? These investments in the 2nd half of life can be the most important investment you can make for your career, your finances, and your happiness. I admit it…I am getting older. For my age, I am in pretty good shape (My 63rd birthday is […]

Ageism and What to Do About It – Part III

April 1, 2019 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Ageism – Part III This is the third in the series on ageism. The 1st post was Ageism – What It Is, How to Identify It and What to Do About It, the 2nd was How To Identify Ageism In The Workplace – Ageism Series Part II, and in this post, I want to identify […]

How To Identify Ageism In The Workplace – Ageism Series Part II

February 18, 2019 by Marc Miller 4 Comments

Ageism In The Workplace Can you identify when ageism in the workplace occurs? Very often ageism is very subtle or veiled in language that on first blush is acceptable but after some reflection, you might say “they said I was too old”. In the first post in this series, I discussed how to define ageism […]

Ageism – What It Is, How to Identify It and What to Do About It

February 4, 2019 by Marc Miller 2 Comments

Ageism – Discrimination Against our Future Selves Ageism is a type of discrimination that involves prejudice against people based on their age. The problem is we all will get old, so why would we discriminate against people who are what we will become? Ashton Applewhite says in her TED talk Lets end ageism: Aging is not a problem […]

Job Search Ageism: What You Need to Know

July 13, 2016 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Job Search Agism Ageism is a fact of life. Let’s look at what ageism really is. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of ageism is as follows: A tendency to regard older persons as debilitated, unworthy of attention, or unsuitable for employment. I define employment ageism as being perceived as unable to do a job due […]