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TOO OLD TO RETIRE YOUNG?

September 19, 2014 by

Sixty Is The New Sixty In The Garden. The dream used to be make a million before you’re thirty and retire. You’ve seen these people, these young retirees? They travel, learn new languages, stay in shape. In other words they’re bored to death and need to keep finding challenges before their brains shut down completely. […]

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HOW GoLocalPDX IMPROVES OREGON

September 3, 2014 by

A Local Source For BoomerPDX Endorses GoLocalPDX For Good Journalism. Before Portland becomes the go-to city for all things hipster and start-up, GoLocalPDX spills the beans on why not to move here. Maybe it’s an inside joke from a company who recently opened their own Portland outlet? GoLocal started on the other side of America, […]

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BOOMER DENIABILITY: WE DIDN’T LIGHT THE FIRE

August 22, 2014 by

We Know Where The Matches Are Though. Believable generational research relies on strong academic studies, insurance statistics, and the federal census. This triumvirate of detailed minutia creates a colorless picture of the past. Instead of men in grey flannel suits, it looks like grey men in flannel, lines of them. Baby Boomer research is the […]

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HOW TO EXPLAIN MODERN PROBLEMS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION

July 31, 2014 by

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 other who understand world events from Comedy Central. The younger group has time to figure things out on their terms. To the older […]

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SILENT MILLENNIALS WANT ANSWERS

June 24, 2014 by

Go Ahead And Text Them. Maybe you’ve noticed? Baby boomer children have an attitude. The print media loves it. Old writers have a new whipping post, young writers get to take offense until they get old enough to find a younger whipping post of their own. Or not. Until then, they want answers to the […]

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WELCOME TO THE TABLE. MILLENNIALS GET A BREAK

June 23, 2014 by

They Probably Won’t Notice. Like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, baby boomers rate millennials. Some are too entitled, some are too worried they might not get ‘theirs’, and some are just right. Even the NY Times comes out with an apology to millennials. Why? Because America is too caught up tending to the passing generations […]

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SCONES OF WISDOM, pt2: VISUALIZE

June 20, 2014 by

If You Can Dream It, You Can Make It. Measure up and mix. It’s good hand exercise. Like gardening, you get to mingle with the essentials of life. If that’s not a recipe for handing down knowledge, what is. Don’t be afraid to get dirty.

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WHATEVER YOUR CAUSE, IT’S LOST BECAUSE OF ONE THING

June 10, 2014 by

Population Growth And Who Makes A Difference. One joy of being a semi-fit baby boomer with kids is following them to the gym. If you workout with millennials, be ready for the comments. “We’re going to lift a little heavier than you’re used to.” Or, “Machines are for rookies and exercise people. We lift. We […]

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FINDING BOOMER POWER WITH THE WELLDIGGERS

June 6, 2014 by

 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 the first one available. Why would a blogger writing for BoomerPDX jump at the chance to address a group of networking […]

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BABY BOOMERS: FROM THE ‘I KNOW’ GENERATION TO ‘IDK’

May 25, 2014 by

A ‘One Up’ For The Rest Of You. Hardly a conversation goes by without one person saying, “I know,” in response to everything. Is this what passes for active listening? A more articulate version of uh huh, uh huh, or yeah right? Boomers have been the leading offender, but they’re losing ground. They might say […]

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