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\n\t\t\tListen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. …<\/em>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old. …<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding. The father of a righteous son has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him. May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice! …<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Character Check<\/strong>\nDo I have a growing edge?<\/p>\n\n

In Business Terms<\/strong>\nThe youth culture says you're going to peak in your thirties: you're going to find out whether you're a major league player, a AAA player, a AA player, an A player, or whether you have been cut. Not knowing where you measure up in terms of the field is an uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n

At the Indy 500, it doesn't do any good to blow up your engine in the qualifying laps, because if you're not running for the main event, you can't compete, let alone place. Yet many people suffer the delusion that the first half of life is the main event. They will sacrifice things that are irreplaceable in the effort to peak too soon. The family becomes the sacrificed commodity. Their faith becomes the compromised value.<\/p>\n\n

I am convinced more all the time that life begins at fifty for our generation. So business leaders are asking, "How do you prepare to be in the race when the race really does begin?"<\/p>\n\n

—Bob Shank<\/p>\n\n

Something to Think About<\/strong>\nTo me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.\n– Bernard Baruch<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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