Although not exactly what you’d call an “in-depth” article on the front page of Yahoo! Finance on May 17, 2021, the short post is important. Let me save you the click. Jo Ann Jenkins, the… Read More »It’s Time to Rethink Retirement
I revere my favorite musicians, and have followed some of them into that stage of life and career when they get grouped into “all-stars” lineups at award shows where the rock gods crowd onto the… Read More »Five Essential Principles for Designing Successful Collaborations by Ryan Wooley
Is retiring even the right word? At Teaching Transformations, we’re not really sure. The idea of binging Netflix or sitting on a beach for 30 years doesn’t sound all that appealing. I was usually good… Read More »Retiring? Your Next Chapter Is About Much More Than Money
I feel like just another, spoke in a great big wheelLike a tiny blade of grass in a great big field… – Bob Seger, 1978 I am not famous yet, unless it was in a… Read More »Feel Like a Number by Ryan Wooley
Our grandparents grew up during the Great Depression. Our parents brought forth that perception of scarcity. And rightly so, because it was what they were taught. But now we’ve grown up, and the world has… Read More »It’s Time to Start Living an Effortless Life
I have always been on high alert for self-fulfilling prophecies. My position is that as soon as someone accepts any kind of label, they immediately start living up to it. You mark me as the… Read More »Donning Gen X by Ryan Wooley
“The stories you hold on to will be colored by your own experience—but also by the experiences of those around you.” In a recent article by Melissa Fay Green for The Atlantic, she explains the… Read More »How Will You Remember the Pandemic?
This is for you, Steve Hopkins (friend and former colleague, not signer of the Declaration) Do you remember this 2004 Disney movie? I want you to picture the “glasses scene” inside Independence Hall. Benjamin Franklin… Read More »Skill Stacks: Why National Treasure May Hold the Key to Everything by Ryan Wooley
Surprise, surprise. A startup by a founder in their 50s is twice as likely to be successful as one founded by an entrepreneur in their 30s or 40s. This brief article on Inc.com by Jeff… Read More »The Ideal Age to Start a Business
Life’s pivotal moments are often exaggerated when we tell our stories. “She turned around, and I just knew that she was the one.” “I decided then and there that I was done with that fuckin’… Read More »Pivotal Moments by Ryan Wooley