AGEIST profiles are north star examples of what can be. Our people don’t have it all figured out, none of us do, but they are curious, energetic and forward leaning examples of how we are living now. They are very much not done yet. We occasionally do profiles on people who are well known, but we prefer our heroes hidden in plain sight.
When we're bold and brave enough to step outside of our comfort zones, we’re often richly rewarded. Pauline Tesler knows all about that. At 79, she challenged herself — as an introvert — to join Leap, a new kind of social app which connects people through 20-minute video conversations. Not only did she quickly find herself looking forward to the daily chats, she soon realized she was witnessing the beginnings of an important movement....
How does one decelerate from an 18-hour-day 7-day-a-week work, sell a business and leave an entire way of life and not become entirely disoriented? We last spoke with Emily in 2016, way back in AGEIST #11, when she was...
Careers in tech are generally assumed to be only for young people, and maybe only for men. At the age of 52, Jacqueline is a testament that this is not always the case. In fact, she sees massive opportunities...
We are not victims — our circumstances are our opportunities.
There are some people we meet for whom we feel an instant affinity — a feeling which says: this person is from my tribe. Meeting Nico was like meeting someone...
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