Ideas worth spreading

Rethinking Aging: Mentoring a New Generation

Deborah Heiser |

TEDxTarrytown

• November 2018

We are wasting our most precious natural resource. It isn’t coal oil or gas. It is people! What if growing older wasn’t something to fear? And what if the phrase “Tis Better to Give than to Receive” were actually true? I’ll show you how more than twenty years studying aging shows we have a lot to look forward to as we age, and giving back through mentorship is one way we bring profound meaning, value and happiness in our second half of life.

We are wasting our most precious natural resource. It isn’t coal oil or gas. It is people! What if growing older wasn’t something to fear? And what if the phrase “Tis Better to Give than to Receive” were actually true? I’ll show you how more than twenty years studying aging shows we have a lot to look forward to as we age, and giving back through mentorship is one way we bring profound meaning, value and happiness in our second half of life.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTarrytown, an independent event.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTarrytown, an independent event.

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