© Carole Kanchier, PhD
Would you like to celebrate your 100th birthday, be a centenarian?
Experts predict that more adults will be centenarians in the 21st Century as a result of improvements in medical care and technology.
According to World Health Statistics 2014, life expectancy today is 73 years for females and 68 for males. Women in Japan have the longest life expectancy at 87 years, followed by Spain and Switzerland.
Jeanne Calment is the oldest person to have ever lived, according to According to Guinness World Records. This French actress took up fencing at 85 and was riding a bicycle at 100. Calment died at 122. Misao Okawa of Japan and Gertrude Weaver of the United States, both 116, are currently the oldest living humans.
Marta Kean, reported in The Futurist, that by 2100, elders will be those who have lived triple-digit years and have been through several cycles of education, career, and leisure. Their knowledge and experience will have grown exponentially, and they will continue to contribute to society.
What’s the formula for longevity?
Explorer Dan Buettner and colleagues, who have studied the world’s centenarian hot spots — Okinawa, Sardinia, and Loma Linda, California — observed that centenarians tend to have sunny dispositions, enjoy a social network, and eat a plant-based diet. Having a sense of purpose adds seven years to life.
In his review of epidemiology studies related to healthy aging, Dr. Thomas Perls found compatible results. The brain behaves like a muscle, Perls reports, in Living to 100. When not challenged to process new information, the brain loses strength. If you don’t use it, you lose it.
What do the Questers say?
My research on lifelong career and personal growth found similar results to the forgoing. Purposeful, innovative, resilient Questers, who take charge of their careers and lives, become healthy, productive centenarians: Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life (2014): www.questersdaretochange.com.
Dr. Ephraim P. Engleman, 103 years young, has a joie de vivre and sharp mind. Engleman, who is the University of California, San Francisco’s (UCSF) longest tenured professor, has made major contributions to rheumatology. Engleman works three days a week at UCSF. When he’s not on campus, Engleman works at home.
Dr. Engleman has recently published his memoir, My Century. Engleman attributes his healthy longevity to his loving 73 year marriage to wife, Jean, good genes, and satisfying work and leisure activities.
Renowned psychoanalyst, Dr. Hedda Bolgar Bekker, worked about 20 hours every week until her death at 103. She believed that centenarians should live in the present, but look to the future with hope and curiosity.
What can you do to increase the likelihood you’ll become a healthy centenarian? Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life offers practical techniques and motivational content to show how to create your desired life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1936672715/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1396909423&sr=8-2&keywords=carole+kanchier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_achievement – cite_note-3
Dr. Carole Kanchier
Best selling author, internationally recognized columnist, registered psychologist, and coach
Carole Kanchier informs, inspires, and challenges adults to realize their potential in her acclaimed book, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life. Kanchier encourages people to reassess their views of career success, and strengthen Quester traits such as purpose, intuition, and resilience to adapt and succeed. Dr. Kanchier has the breadth and depth of experience to show people how to create and grow their careers. Kanchier pioneered a unique, holistic, developmental model of lifelong learning, growth and decision making which she shares in Questers Dare to Change. Uniquely qualified to talk about career and life development, Dr. Kanchier researches, writes, counsels, and conducts workshops on career and personal growth. She walks her talk!
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Carole Kanchier, PhD
carole@questersdaretochange.com
www.questersdaretochange.com
888.206.0108; 403.695.9770
Calgary, AB, and San Francisco, CA
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