#aging-and-reflection

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#unspoken-words-and-regret #family-relationships #emotional-validation #intergenerational-communication
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

I asked 20 women over 65 what they wish someone had said to them in their 40s and not one of them mentioned career advice, health tips, or financial planning-every single one described a sentence they needed to hear from one specific person, and most of them still haven't heard it - Silicon Canals

Women over 65 regret unspoken words from specific people more than practical life decisions, with most never receiving the acknowledgment they needed.
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

I asked six people over 90 what was overrated and every one of them said the same category - not money, not fame, not success - and the thing they named is something most people in their 30s are currently building their entire life around - Silicon Canals

I spent forty years climbing ladders that led to nowhere special. The view from the top? Same sky as everywhere else. These weren't bitter people who'd failed professionally. The group included a former Fortune 500 executive, a surgeon, and a woman who'd built a successful retail chain from scratch. They'd "made it" by every conventional measure. Yet each one said they'd spent too much time treating their career like it was their identity.
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