NOTE FROM THE CEO

This month we’re celebrating awakening. Websters defines awakening as becoming aware of something, a new realization. In a way, Growing Bolder is in the awakening business. We want to awaken people of all ages to the beauty, the opportunity, and the possibility of growing older.

In this issue of the GB Digital Digest, Doro Bush Koch and Patricia Reilly Koch examine how to awaken joy, adventure, and gratitude in our lives. For Arthur Brooks, awakening is helping others out of poverty. For Valerie Bertinelli, it’s about accepting who you are. For Dr. Claire Johnson, it’s rethinking what’s possible. For Sheryl Kurland, it’s helping women find their fabulosity.

The great news is that it’s never too late to have an awakening. A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the most productive age in human life is between 60 and 70 years of age. And the second most productive stage is from 70-to-80 years of age. Given what we’ve seen in recent years, it won't be long before 80-to-90 is also one of the most productive stages in human life.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that we’re all at our physical best at those ages but in terms of having an impact and doing meaningful work, 60 and older is where the action is.

Here’s to your awakening!

The great news is that it’s never too late to have an awakening.