Even if you believe that you are not close to the second half of life, sooner or later you will be in it. Stop for a moment and consider the words of Peter Drucker, perhaps the wisest management expert of the past hundred years, whose influence has only grown since his death at age 95 in 2005. "There is one requirement for managing the second half of one's life: to be creating it long before one enters it."

As he pointed out in the same Harvard Business Review article, titled “Managing Oneself,” published in 1999, just before he turned 90, “For the first time in human history, individuals can expect to outlive organizations. This creates a totally new challenge: What to do with the second half of one’s life?”

Drucker was the exemplar leading a meaningful and productive second half of life, a role model of productive longevity and positive aging. The majority of his 40-plus books were published after he turned 65. In a career spanning more than 70 years, he wrote, taught, and consulted until nearly the end of his life.

Not everyone will live to 95, and many people may not want to or be able to work or create in their 70s, 80s or 90s. Yet many are taking good care of themselves, paying attention to the mind-body connection, and living a good health well beyond the traditional........

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