Living Longer Column, February 25, 2010 (850 words)
Self-Analysis:
Discovering The Hidden Power Inside Us
by Art Kunkin
I ended last week’s column by observing that highly productive and “self-actualized people are motivated by what I call a sense of history, by a sense of knowing that other people have achieved great things and they, likewise, have the ability to accomplish great, creative, never-before-seen original works. Somehow, maybe by a sense of past lives welling up into their consciousness or, if you don’t believe in the possibility of past lives, perhaps by some genetic configuration of the DNA in their chromosomes, there is this inner sense of building on and competing with the achievements of past individuals.
“In short, perhaps what we need to do to become more creative, motivated, productive and happy creators rather than passive consumers of entertainment is to have a greater and more conscious awareness of our heroes and heroines. Decide whom you admire most! Read about them! Admire them! Feel them inside of us! Compete with them! Then set new goals! Then write the goals on three by five cards and post them on our refrigerators! Then start and complete a new ACTION!
“In other words, your role models determine your life!”
This week I am continuing those thoughts (more…)
Living Longer Column, February 18, 2010 (835 words)
Why Do We Do What We Do?
& How Can We Do What We Do Better?
by Art Kunkin
Since I am planning to live for a minimum of several hundred years because of the new knowledge about longevity now developing, I am concerned with living the most productive, happy and useful life possible. (Of course, even if I were only planning to live for ten more years, those would still be my concerns). So how do I (and you) get to do that? How do we stay motivated to function at the highest level of efficiency? How do we avoid drifting from day to day, as many people do, allowing ourselves to be senselessly entertained by television and consumer sports? How do we and why should we avoid living aimlessly like bored and retired or semi-retired people simply waiting to die? (more…)
Living Longer Column, February 11, 2010 (850 words)
How To Get Rich – A Book Review
by Art Kunkin
It might seem off-topic in this column about living longer to review the book by English multi-millionaire Felix Dennis titled “How To Get Rich.” However, I have come to realize that planning for longevity necessarily involves planning for one’s economic security in the desired additional years of life. In short, if one can live an energetic and healthy life for 200 or more years, as I believe is now becoming possible, why should one be poor? How will one survive when 150? Why not use your additional years of life to become comfortably rich and be able to afford anything you need and want? And this book definitely contains some of the best practical advice for creating a fortune that you will ever encounter. From raising the start-up capital necessary (more…)
Living Longer Column,
February 4, 2010 (850 words)
Rejuvenate Yourself With 20 Minute Naps
by Art Kunkin
Last night when surfing the internet I came across a free electronic book titled “Staying Healthy.”
This eBook had many interesting chapters including one on the benefits of taking naps during the day. Since the publisher, Qualitybooks.com, permits reproduction of its free eBooks as long as the publisher is given credit (no author was named), I am taking the opportunity to present here the contents of this one chapter on napping.
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Thomas Edison hardly slept at all except in 20-minute naps. Mark Twain was noted for (more…)