Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit Of A Whirlwind Life
Libraries are filled with volumes containing recipes for growing old gracefully. Most of them are based on mountains of research and statistics. Career correspondent and author Roy Rowan read many of these books, and found in them some good advice.
Never Too Late is no such manual. It is simply one man’s views of the pleasures and potentials of old age based on a long life of adventure as a correspondent for the world’s leading magazines—and the lessons learned along the way from diverse groups of people, from the world’s most powerful leaders to some of the world’s most hapless individuals.

Rowan interweaves quotes from experts in gerontology and other sage writers with his own experiences and insights. He addresses a spectrum of topics, including the subjectivity of the label “old,” the importance of optimism, and the fight to maintain independence as the years go by. He also encourages retirees to start a second career or activity, naming the Three E’s of Enthusiasm, Exertion, and Energy as the keys to pursuing a new passion.
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Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit Of A Whirlwind Life
Libraries are filled with volumes containing recipes for growing old gracefully. Most of them are based on mountains of research and statistics. Career correspondent and author Roy Rowan read many of these books, and found in them some good advice.
Never Too Late is no such manual. It is simply one man’s views of the pleasures and potentials of old age based on a long life of adventure as a correspondent for the world’s leading magazines—and the lessons learned along the way from diverse groups of people, from the world’s most powerful leaders to some of the world’s most hapless individuals.

Rowan interweaves quotes from experts in gerontology and other sage writers with his own experiences and insights. He addresses a spectrum of topics, including the subjectivity of the label “old,” the importance of optimism, and the fight to maintain independence as the years go by. He also encourages retirees to start a second career or activity, naming the Three E’s of Enthusiasm, Exertion, and Energy as the keys to pursuing a new passion.
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Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit Of A Whirlwind Life

Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit Of A Whirlwind Life

by Roy Rowan
Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit Of A Whirlwind Life

Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit Of A Whirlwind Life

by Roy Rowan

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Libraries are filled with volumes containing recipes for growing old gracefully. Most of them are based on mountains of research and statistics. Career correspondent and author Roy Rowan read many of these books, and found in them some good advice.
Never Too Late is no such manual. It is simply one man’s views of the pleasures and potentials of old age based on a long life of adventure as a correspondent for the world’s leading magazines—and the lessons learned along the way from diverse groups of people, from the world’s most powerful leaders to some of the world’s most hapless individuals.

Rowan interweaves quotes from experts in gerontology and other sage writers with his own experiences and insights. He addresses a spectrum of topics, including the subjectivity of the label “old,” the importance of optimism, and the fight to maintain independence as the years go by. He also encourages retirees to start a second career or activity, naming the Three E’s of Enthusiasm, Exertion, and Energy as the keys to pursuing a new passion.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780762763764
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date: 04/01/2011
Edition description: 1st Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Roy Rowan is a career correspondent for Time, Life and Fortune and the author of ten books—including Chasing the Dragon (Lyons Press; forthcoming as a major motion picture). Visit him at RoyRowan.com.

Table of Contents

Who Says You Have to Grow Old Gracefully! xi

1 How Old Is Old? 1

2 Quit Is a Four-Letter Word 10

3 R Is for Resilience 25

4 Sunny Side Up 37

5 Tuned to the Immune System 50

6 You and the Eureka Factor 63

7 Stay in Touch 85

8 Seeking Solitude 103

9 Looking Back 117

10 Looking Ahead 134

11 Recycling the Past 141

12 Reliving the Dream 164

13 Finally, a Feeling of Closure 184

14 Cruising into the Nineties 199

Acknowledgments 225

About the Author 227

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