​Some Good News about Getting Older

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal written by Elizabeth Bernstein points out that we actually get nicer with age. Several large research studies show that as we get older our positive traits such as being polite, preferring cooperation over competition and feeling compassion for others tend to increase. At the same time our…

Don’t Get Into An Age Rut

Most people tend to hang out with people who are roughly their same age – and for good reason.  Their children are probably close to the same ages, they grew up in the same era and remember many of the same historical events; so there’s a certain comfort level associated with doing this.  As comfortable…