Untethered Aging is the how-to book for releasing the bonds that had us believing that the best we could hope to do in the future, is what we were able to do in the past. It dismantles this defective thinking and offers a path through aging with a sense of freedom, for which you may have waited a lifetime.

Untethered Aging (The Untethered Aging)

Keiper, William

Self-Help

FirstGlobal Partners LLC

How will you use the precious remainder of your life expectancy? Author William Keiper gently guides the confrontation of this question: What meaning and purpose could you create for your life, starting now? Most of us ask without thinking, "Where did the day go today?" at the end of many days. Normally it is rhetorical and for good reason. If too many of these days go by, you may find yourself awakening to an unwelcome existential crisis over questions including, "Did my life matter?" and, "How will I be remembered?" It would be a shame not to consider these kinds of philosophical questions while you have breath and the power to influence the outcomes. The objective of Life Expectancy is to remind you that it is a mere choice to make the rest of your life the best of your life. You may be unable to change your circumstances, but you have the power to shift your attitude about them. This may be the world's only inoculation against the hollowness of future regrets. If you are committed to becoming your own powerful agent of change, this is the book for you. This book is about changing your life and work "games" for the better. It is about becoming the initiator of that change rather than continuing to be a reactor to the people and events around you. It is about being reflective and purposeful about your requirements and your direction. Life Expectancy provides a clear blueprint for doing just that. If you are not sure or cannot stick with a commitment, you may seek the support of a mentor, life coach, friend or family member. These resources are available to help those in mid-life and beyond, change their games for the better. If you are or want to be the go-to person for those that need help, Life Expectancy will reveal the ways you can be of real service to them. Whether you, your client or family member is 25, 55 or 75, you can help them change their games and create meaning--when they assumed and accepted that they could no longer make meaningful contributions. Life Expectancy makes the case that humans have a unique capacity permitting them to freely determine and control their actions no matter their age or stage of life. YOU determine your choices and your actions (including inaction). Not doing so, yields to others crucial decision making about the direction of your life. Those 'others' may not have your best interest at heart, or in fact, even know who you are. There is a whole new game to play, and it's the opposite of fading away. Those who can grasp the significance of the shift that has occurred-and who can take purposeful and timely actions in response to it--will get the best of the available options. Life Expectancy is truthful, motivating and is itself, game-changing.

Life EXPECTANCY: It's Never Too Late to Change Your Game

Business & Money

Personal Finance

What about having the management team at Apple run the business operations of our country? U.S. economic independence can only be regained through a concerted, long-term effort. We owe it to future generations of our republic to elect leadership capable of getting the job done. As a nation we must stop raising the debt ceiling and borrowing from foreign governments just to keep ours open for business. We must think outside the box of our divisive two-party political system and seek innovative solutions together. As voters we must voice our collective displeasure at the lack of commitment shown by our elected representatives in the face of our fiscal emergency. Only by engaging the best thinking and practices of a leading U.S. business do we have a shot at resolving the most critical fiscal challenges facing our nation. The compelling conclusion is that the best candidate for the job is the Apple management team. &gt;&gt; A Note for Readers: The content and theme of this essay is purposely quite similar to the others in The Presidential Essays series, including Amazon for President! and Walmart for President! (also available on Amazon.com). This version has been customized to reflect Apple's unique qualifications and readiness as the proposed candidate for running the operations of the executive branch. Most elections offer at least two candidates, and each of us usually views one as more qualified than the others. These essays offer an opportunity to compare highly qualified but very different candidates. Although the title Apple for President! is, I hope, somewhat provocative, the subject matter is serious. As citizens, we can no longer stand around passively hoping that a new economic platform will somehow spontaneously take shape and raise us out of our economic difficulties. Our government’s unapologetic addiction to borrowing and the pervasive financial challenges of many of our citizens are two clear indicators of the magnitude of the challenge. Our current form of government—operating under the same structure first adopted when our Constitution was ratified in 1788—has not kept up with the complexity and pace of our times. Consequently, no individual president—no matter how brilliant or gifted with leadership and other skills—can show the way forward in the creation of a new economic platform. We need a flexible democracy to meet the challenges of the times. Creating a shift of the magnitude now required will necessitate applying the best of our political leadership and the best of our private sector acumen and brilliance--all in the service of reengineering our government and economy. Apple for President! is an idea whose time has come. ____________ William Keiper is the author of The Power of Urgency: Playing to Win with Proactive Urgency, Life Expectancy: It’s Never Too Late to Change Your Game, and The Presidential Essays series, including Amazon for President!, Apple for President! and Walmart for President!

Apple for President! (The Presidential Essays)

Education & Reference

Why can The Power of Urgency give you the best system you may ever find for solving your biggest challenges? Because it is the fastest. If you can choose between a system that works when applied over a long period of time and one that works right now, which do you want? Me too. From the introduction by Steve Chandler:“When I first met Will Keiper I thought he had a bit of a problem. He wasn’t a very good compromiser. His preference was to challenge “go-along-to-get-along” company cultures and people. He was a man on the move and he sometimes came off as impatient. Some called him “brutally honest”—with the emphasis on the “brutal” part.He would call it getting to the “obvious truth.”I later learned that what he had wasn’t a problem at all. He had a special kind of objectivity and sense of urgency that was his alone. It was how he knew to be most effective. He preferred results—and rapidly.It was clear he had found amazing strength and enlightenment on the other side of his warrior’s sword.He had found his true calling as a genius change-agent-for-hire specializing in very rapid reversals of fortune.From failure to success, from stuck to moving, from broke to prosperous. He could go into a company, bring his own brand of applied urgency to its most challenging problems, turn things around for the better—and leave before they knew what hit them.Don’t you wish we could all do that? Or, at the very least, have access to Will’s brain to turn our own problems around that quickly?Prayer answered! This book is proof that you can bottle this stuff. At least Will Keiper can, because as far as I know only he understands how to do this. I’ve spent my life studying systems that work to change businesses and lives. There aren’t many that work, but this is one that does—maybe even the best one.”

The POWER of URGENCY: Playing to Win with PROACTIVE Urgency

Management & Leadership

FINALIST: THE USA BEST BOOK AWARDS - Best Current Events Book 2013  The Walmart management team is among the best in the world. Why not give them a crack at running the business operations of the U.S. government for a while?   A NOTE FOR READERS >> The content and theme of Walmart for President! is purposely quite similar to those in my essays Amazon for President! and Apple for President! This version, however, has been customized to reflect the unique qualifications and readiness of the Walmart management team as the proposed candidate for managing the business operations and fiscal recovery of the U.S. government. This series, The Presidential Essays, offers an opportunity to compare the suitability of several highly qualified candidates capable of managing our way back to fiscal independence.

Walmart for President!

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Amazon for President!

"I'VE BEEN HACKED."Of course, you have, and if you haven't been -- you will be. Last year alone, over 3 billion records were exposed. "NOW WHAT?" What does it mean? What part did I play? What happens now? Could I have better protected my most private and personal information? How can I be safer online and in social communities? Cyber Crisis - It's Personal Now addresses these questions and many more.In an easy and informative read, author William Keiper provides crucial knowledge about social network risks, online trust and privacy, content oversharing and smartphone addiction. He also offers easy-to-follow steps you can take to improve your personal cyber security.These are things you must know for yourself and so you can teach others. When online, you, your friends, children, parents, co-workers and social acquaintances are always just one click away from a stalker, predator, thief, troll,catfish or another social media sewer dweller. Protecting you and yours is not someone else's problem--it is a matter of personal responsibility. You can start by reading Cyber Crisis - It's Personal Now.Reading Cyber Crisis will heighten your awareness of some of the factors and conditions that could, in the blink of any eye, suck you into a personal cyber crisis. It represents a warning shot for those of you predisposed to trust your fellow man in the real-world and, without thinking, carry that bias into cyberspace.My perspective as the author comes from having been a part of computer technology and software businesses since shortly after the launch of the first Apple and IBM personal computers. In these public and private technology and related companies, I have served as CEO, board member, and strategic advisor. Through this work, I gained experience, understanding, and perspective, about digital age developments and their personal impacts, good and bad.I have also written two previous books whose driving themes involve greater self-reliance in personal and business life.The Web is us, and we as a collective are the Web. After reading Cyber Crisis, my hope is that you will better understand this dynamic relationship, and will motivate you to accept a higher level of personal responsibility for your digital well-being.

Cyber Crisis: It's Personal Now

Reference

Being one-hundred percent human has been the state of being for organizational leaders and their teams for all time. Despite this obvious and undeniable fact, humanness as a principal factor in leadership has historically not been the top priority. 
Seeing and hearing team members as wholly human is not only relevant to talent attraction and retention but is an asset which astute and courageous leaders can leverage for improving communication, bettering collaboration, enhancing creativity, and achieving greater prosperity. In this book, explore these opportunities from the perspectives of a leader and a coach of leaders. We believe that the leaders with traditional skills who add skill in one-on-one coaching, can create powerful transformations for individuals, teams, and whole organizations. To help their team members increase their contributions, leaders must first embrace these more humanistic skills themselves. Simply put, the best leaders must infuse their leadership with some feeling.\nA McKinsey study, including 18,000 people in 15 countries, addressed the question of how workers might “future-proof” their skills and attitudes to be more valuable today and tomorrow. Several of the specific skills identified were in the realm of exhibiting greater humanity in the workplace. Some of them included, being empathetic, inspiring trust, showing humility, and offering more sociability in the “work” context.[1] The findings also concluded that skills relating to inclusiveness, collaboration, empowerment, conflict resolution, and coaching are needed for contributing greater value..\nWhether a CEO of a Fortune 500 company or a local hardware store, an executive director of a non-profit or the president of a school board, a Girl Scout volunteer leader or a high school sports coach, a pastor or parent, or coaching one—the time has come for new approaches in developing the people and culture for which leaders are responsible. 
_____________\n[1] https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/defining-the-skills-citizens-will-need-in-the-future-world-of-work The research identified a set of 56 foundational skills that “will benefit all citizens and showed that higher proficiency in them is already associated with a higher likelihood of employment, higher incomes, and job satisfaction.”

The Leader and The Coach: The Art of Humanity in Leadership

Chandler, Steve

Review\n"It is rare to read something that, in plain language, blends a no-holds-barred look at the real challenges of living in the world today, with the pragmatic and Spiritual opportunities available to salve them. This is a must-read book for anyone seeking greater well-being in their life—all of us. Among many terrific dialogues, Steve and Will's conversations on "Remembering the Light Within" and "Surviving Death" are not to be missed." 
~ Dr. Ron Hulnick, President, University of Santa Monica\n"We're all going to die and if we're lucky, get old first," is not a common starting point for a self-help book, but in the hands of Steve Chandler and Will Keiper, it leads to a whole new way of thinking about bucket lists and a whole heck of a lot of new and exciting possibilities for the rest of what's left of our lives."#michaelneill Author of The Inside-Out Revolution: The Only Thing You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever\n"In a series of compelling, authentic, and engaging conversations, Steve Chandler and William Keiper invite, chide, encourage and challenge you to make your moments count. Empowering and transformational, each chapter concludes with a mindful choice to help you thrive during this part of life. This book beckons you to fully awaken..." ~ Dr. Pam Garcy, author of The Power of Inner Guidance\n"This is a great book, not only for those entering their senior years, but for anyone at any age who wants to learn how to live life fully, gracefully and without regrets. For those who know the authors, they know that they live their words, and it shows." ~ Ankush Jain, author of Sweet Sharing: Rediscovering the Real You\n"The Well-Being Bucket List is filled with wisdom, humor, practical tips, and mindset challenges that come from life experience combined with inspiration. Steve and Will's perspectives provide depth of thought that enables us to dive into our own self-awareness, expand our thinking with a great use of data and research, and open our hearts with a theme of unconditional loving that is digestible and real. Their conversations led me to an unexpected next level of transformation as the book built up to a surprising and inspiring conclusion. I truly feel a heightened sense of well-being having read it. I loved it." ~ Mark Samuel, CEO of IMPAQ and author of The Missing Piece: Reimagining Teambuilding to Achieve Breakthrough Results"\nThis book is a conversation between two great minds. The authors convey a method of transformation that is practical and vital. Living longer does nothing for me, if the quality of my time on this earth is not textured with presence, purpose and inspiration. As Thoreau shared with us, many people live lives of "quiet desperation," and this book offers antidotes from the physical to the spiritual realms. As a practitioner of well-being, I recommend "listening in" to Steve and Will's conversations and savoring their wit and wisdom." ~ Stephen McGhee, founder L4 Initiative (Light, Leadership, Longevity and Life), and founder of McGheeLeadership.com\n"In this excellent, collaborative conversation, the authors combine research-based facts on aging, real life experiences and continual reminders of our human, creative power to learn and grow. They empower us through providing practical, mindful choices that can make the difference between languishing in our later years or BEING the vibrant, full expression of who and what we really are!" ~ Melissa Ford, author of Living Service: The Journey of a Prosperous Coach\n"What I love about the book is that it merges form with philosophy, tools with neuroscience, medicine with mystery, and practicality with spirituality in a way that is useful and profoundly impactful. As for me, my intention is to move forward past the invisible boundary I have named "old" with a vitality and vision that is now more animated by fresh thinking, clearer vision, and a heightened anticipation of what lies round the bend." ~Carla Rotering, M.D.\nProduct Descri

The Well-Being Bucket List: 29 Mindful Choices for Older Adults

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Aging

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