LeAura

Author, entrepreneur, ideator and founder of BoomersReinvented.com. An auto-didactic polymath, passionate about learning, growth and service, LeAura's mission is to elevate, educate, engage and empower others to be the best they can be, no matter their age. "Now is the time to live your dreams and make them real. The world needs your wisdom and your vision. Now it's time—not to check out—but to check in to becoming more fully all that you can be."

Truth 2 Being Fit

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Jody Goldenfield is an inspiration as to what’s possible for boomers to achieve, and she shares her journey on her …

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Making the Leap to Entrepreneur

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Making the leap to entrepreneur, Kari Roberts, knew there was no going back.  A baby boomer in Southampton, England, Kari has worked in the public service field for over 20 years before striking out on her own, at age 51.

Kari’s son, AJ Roberts, is a phenomenal marketing genius When he started encouraging his mom to pursue her vision of creating her own consulting and training company, it didn’t take much to convince her.  Kari was ready.  Scared?  Sure!  It goes with the territory, but in her heart, once Kari made up her mind to pursue the kind of work she really wanted to do, there was no turning back.

AJ warned Kari not to listen to people around her, because there would always be the doubters trying to discourage her.  It’s so important to have at least one person in your life that will encourage you to follow your dreams… someone who will believe in you.

I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation with Kari and hearing the review of her career journey that led her to where she is today, making the leap to entrepreneurship, and I think you will too.  You can catch the interview here.  Please pardon the microphone scuffing that happens when I’m speaking…lesson learned about microphones and collars! Interview with Kari Roberts: https://vimeo.com/107659673

Kari’s new website is under development, but you can reach her at her business Facebook Page: Achieving Parenting, and we’ll post her new site when it’s available.

 

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Kari Roberts, Director at Achieving Parenthood, achievingparenthood@gmail.com

Thanks, Kari!  You’re a strong and visionary woman, and we look forward to keeping up with you and your endeavors!

 

 

 

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Randy was a noble man.  You may have seen The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch on YouTube.  Or perhaps you saw him on Oprah.  He never intended his lecture to become a book and a gift to the world, but that is what The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch became: a gift to the world.

[Tweet “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”  Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture]

If I knew I was terminal…but wait, really, we all are, aren’t we?  It’s just the spans that vary.  If life is one beginning, then death is one kind of ending. So whether shorter or longer, I aspire to live out my days as Randy did.

“If you don’t achieve your dreams you can still get a lot by trying for it.” Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture.

Randy intended his lecture to be his legacy, primarily to his three children, and secondarily to his students.  His raw, passionate, authentic sharing from the heart…from his soul, has touched the heart of the world.  Randy, was just 48 years old when he died in 2008. Born a year after me, he would be in his mid 50’s today.

“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.”  ~Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

I believe Randy would have revered what we have.  Randy would have advised us to stop thinking about the past, our ailments, our obstacles or brick walls as he called it, and to carpe diem…to live full out, to cherish each moment and each other, and to consider the beauty in each moment and to make the most of us.

Randy’s Last Lecture was testament to a life well lived… a life lived well. Randy was victorious in life and noble till the end. Randy Pausch was a great soul.

Now it’s our turn. Today is our day.

This is my moment.

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How to Live Passionately at Any Age

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Isabel Allende, novelist, bestselling novel, House of Spirits, TED Talks, Baby Boomer, Boomer, Baby Boomers and Beyond,

By now we’ve probably all spent time with TED, but if you haven’t, please be sure to.

TED (Technology Education & Design), is a treasure trove of some of the best minds in the world. And it’s free. Visit TED Talks daily, have your coffee with brilliance and your life will be enriched.  And, share it with others: TED is all about ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’, and about learning how to live passionately at any age.

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septuagenarian, Isabel Allende, bestselling novelist, first published in her 40’s.

This was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

Author Isabel Allende is 71. Yes, she has a few wrinkles—but she has incredible perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers of all ages, she talks about her fears as she gets older and shares how she plans to keep on living passionately.

Enjoy Isabel’s passionate enthusiasm in her TED talk on living passionately at any age, and Isabel Allende certainly knows how. 

A 20 times published author, she didn’t write her first widely acclaimed novel, The House of the Spirits until age 40. Just imagine what the world would have missed if she never got started.

So what are you waiting for?