The Sec­ond Half of Life

The first half of life is a time of accu­mu­la­tion: acquir­ing knowl­edge, learn­ing skills, gain­ing expe­ri­ence, rais­ing a fam­ily, build­ing a career. But in the sec­ond half, the expe­ri­ence of our ear­lier years should bring the wis­dom to know what is impor­tant and the desire to con­cen­trate on what mat­ters most. Continue reading

Lateral Thinkers

Some three decades ago, Edward De Bono related a story in his book on the Use of Lateral  Thinking. The story went something like this – Continue reading