YouandTheTarot

America is the land of extreme optimism. Apply individual hustle and be willing to take risks. Here comes The Big Score.  So, of course, that magician mindset has been applied to continuing being a successful leader, worker, founder and, yes, coach when aging. The assumption, which is embedded in the tarot's The Magician card, is that you can pull together all the possible elements of success and channel them into whatever you're up to.  Sure, sometimes that happens.  After early stumbles in his second round at Disney CEO Bob Iger, 74, reset for the new media landscape. The consensus on Wall Street   is a Strong Buy or a Buy. Paul, Weiss long-term chair Brad Karp, 65, has been landing new lucrative M&A accounts, despite the uncertainties created by the Trump administration. In generative AI, Paul, Weiss is the first law firm to launch, partnering with Harvey, custom work flows . Those create new value for clients. Now 94, Rupert Murdoch got the hang of social net...

  "I gave up looking for The Big Score. And from gig assignments and operating a micro used furniture business I made enough to buy a mobile home as a getaway." That's the voice of content aging. And when I hear it during a tarot reading I label it Lowering Expectations.   It could solve the critical problem of needing additional income from work post age 65. That is, let go of chasing the power, influence and peak earnings of a former career. Until you do, employers and customer/clients for your enterprise will get the vibes that, yes, you expect too much.  Lowering the bar also extends to so many other aspects of life when aging. For example, that to-do list. You set yourself up for cursing aging if you put deadlines on completing the items. The odds are you won't make those deadlines. You might "get tired" by late afternoon.  There's also driving. No question, you're still competent. But maybe not for doing it at night or with too many left hand t...