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A thoroughly enthralling book that proves the truth of the adage, with age comes wisdom Based on video recorded interviews and extensive surveys of more than 450 Centenarians, this unforgettable book brings you into a world few human beings have ever known. What must it be like to have lived an entire century--and not just any century, but one of the most fertile, productive, cataclysmic, revolutionary hundred-year periods in the history of the human race?Imagine having navigated all of life's personal milestones against the backdrop of the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Space Age, the Digital Age, and 9/11; what stories you would have to tell! In their own words, and with no small measure of good humor, these remarkable men and women tell their stories and share their insights on life, business, making it and losing it, great sorrow and joy--and having lived to tell the tale.Distills the wisdom and wit of over 450 centenarians into six sections covering the passage of time, career, money, time management, secrets of longevity, and capturing and sharing wisdomFull of timeless advice, like Money cannot make you, but it can break you, with anecdotes about savings, debt, and investing for the long-run--the really, really long runBased on over 450 taped interviews and extensive questionnaire surveys developed and conducted by noted experts Steve Franklin and Lynn Peters Adler

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