Today, in the The Wall Street Journal’s “Recommended Reading”, a book on the art of “flunking retirement” was featured. As described by The Wall Street Journal, the book, Don’t Retire, Rewire! 5 Steps to Fulfilling Work That Fuels Your Passion, Suits Your Personality, or Fills Your Pocket is:

“Lively and upbeat in tone, this book promotes ‘flunking retirement’ and offers a practical and fun self-discovery process that will help boomers reimagine and design fulfilling work.”

The Journal also recommended
Support your RV Lifestyle: An Insider’s Guide to Working on the Road

The Best Home Businesses for People 50+

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

Don’t Stop the Career Clock: Rejecting the Myths of Aging for a New Way to Work in the 21st Century

This is the recommending reading list from the today’s Special Section in The Wall Street Journal. Rather than aging (as Jack was talking about), these cover a broader range of health issues.

• You: The Owner’s Manual by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz
• Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual by Elizabeth Topp and Carol Livoti
• The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease by Harlan Krumholz
• Apples & Pears: The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness by Marie Savard with Carol Svec
• Dr. David Sherer’s Hospital Survival Guide by David Sherer and Maryann Karnich

You can get the recommendation blurbs here.

Today, The Wall Street Journal made my subscription worth every penny. The front page of The Journal Report–Section R–is an article called The Secrets of Successful Aging [sub. needed] and it is loaded with value business stuff, along with some great factoids. The business applications is the fact that we are potentially killing ourselves if you dont, of course, eat right and exercise but what is surprising is the latest studies are showing that stress is also right up there with eating right and exercising to help us live longer. Longevity has less to do with genes and more to do with finding ways of dealing with stress.

Here are a couple of factoids from the article:

• 11 – The number of additional years a 75 year old man can expect to live.
• 13 – The number of additional years a 75 year old woman can expect to live.
• 40 – The waistline measurement, at which risk for heart attack increases dramatically
• 74 – Average life expectancy for a boy born in 2001
• 122 – The oldest fully authenticated age to which any human has lived

Read the article and possibly live longer.