What are the secrets of longevity? This study by National Geographic and Dan Buettner points to Blue Zones and the Power 9.
Blue Zones are the 5 places in the world where people consistently live to over 100 years old.
The Power 9 are the most common denominators of those that live a long time. Here are 3 we can get behind. You can find the rest here.
An overarching thread Buettner found was that many centenarians never retire. They work not because they have to, but because they want to. It keeps their mind, body, and soul active.
The key to never retiring?
Find the work you’re most passionate about. The work that results in timelessness, selflessness, and effortlessness. The kind of work that doesn’t feel like work.
“The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.”
– Pablo Picasso
Here’s a place to start:
In search of the truest essence of the bull, Pablo Picasso created Bull, a series of eleven lithographs in 1945. It depicts the bull at various stages of abstraction, starting with a fairly realistic depiction and ending with nothing but a few lines. Get the full scoop here.
Picasso’s bull series symbolizes how to distill an abstract and complex idea down to its core. This concept is relevant in business, especially during the yearly planning process where leaders are tasked with taking all of the ideas, disparate plans, hopes and dreams – and boiling it all down into a simple plan that is easily understood.
In our experience, very few leaders get fired up about strategic planning. They often fall into traps that result in a less than ideal plan for the upcoming year.
Forbes outlined the five biggest mistakes leaders make when putting pen to paper. In our 20 years of consulting, we’d have to agree that most strategic business plans are not:
To help leaders with this process, SHIFT created the RESET Playbook – a fan favorite every year. Hundreds of our clients have gone through it individually, and have also used it with their team members to be inclusive in the planning process.
The RESET Playbook is an easy 3-step exercise that will advance your organization’s evolution in the year ahead.
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
– George Eliot
Like a fine wine, success tastes sweeter over time. Not every actor got started on Disney Channel as a kid and not every successful entrepreneur’s first idea was their best idea.
There are many household names that got their first break much later in life. Here are a few of our favorites:
Maybe we’re all just getting started and our best days are ahead.
The good news is that we all get to choose what we believe to be possible.
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