Margaret shared links to three pieces she’s written that include many potentially effective responses and strategies, although they don’t lend themselves to snappy one-liners.
was in a medical office, and the receptionist spoke loudly to everyone who approached their desk, regardless of whether they gave any indication of being hearing-impaired. Just say - and not in a loud voice - there’s no need to shout. I have perfect hearing.
other scenarios, there’s a similar start. “I’m sorry but I need to stop you there. I’m right here and it feels like you’re talking about me rather than to me. I know that was probably unconscious so I wanted to point it out since there’s no age at which being talked over like that feels good.
I recently painted our interior doors in the upstairs hallway and I am so happy with how they turned out! We are still working on the floors (hence the lack of baseboards in these photos) but I can already see my vision coming to life. I also painted the walls and ceiling in my favorite white paint- Polar Bear by Behr and even though the doors are dark now, it has really brightened up this space.
I love this discussion! Ageism is indeed alive and well in so many arenas, including the home care industry, where our clients are primarily 65 and up. I’d love to share our post on fighting ageism within the home care industry for any of your readers who may be interested.
Hannon: Ageism is alive and well in the workplace and deeply engrained in our culture. One of the best ways to fight back against ageism is to be physically fit. It’s a fact of life that we judge people on their cover. “Lookism.” I can’t tell you how many jobseekers over 50 ask me if they should get botox or dye their hair to hide the gray. It’s top of mind. I always say, sure if it makes you feel better and more confident. But the best way to fight ageism is to get physically fit.
life, sometimes I am about to start interviewing someone who knows my background and who says: “I thought you were retired!” I respond that I retired from my full-time job, but I didn’t retire from life. I go on to say I am retiring the way many are these days: working part-time doing what I enjoy,
don’t mean bench pressing or running fast miles. But rather incorporate a fitness program into your daily life and eat with an eye to nutrition. That might mean walking your dog a few miles a day like I do, or swimming and so forth. When you’re physically fit, you exude a can-do attitude, you have energy and a positive vibe. People want to be around you. They want you on their team. They want to be your client. It is subliminal.
That question comes my way all the time, whether via my Yo, Is This Ageist? blog or during Old School’s weekly Office Hours meet-ups. (Here’s how to join us.) So when journalist and author Phil Moeller obtained some really good answers from some people I greatly respect, I asked permission to run his article as a guest post. A slightly longer version first appeared on his Substack, Get What’s Yours.
Anthropomorphism, the interpretation of nonhuman things or events in terms of human characteristics, as when one senses malice in a computer or hears human voices in the wind. Derived from the Greek anthropos
Great if you can explain why: “I’m not a baby, speaking to me in a baby voice is demeaning.” Or “I have trouble hearing but my brain is working just fine.” Or “We both know I’m old, when you pretend otherwise you suggest that being old is a bad thing and it’s not.
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit
Margaret shared links to three pieces she’s written that include many potentially effective responses and strategies, although they don’t lend themselves to snappy one-liners.
Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language;
was in a medical office, and the receptionist spoke loudly to everyone who approached their desk, regardless of whether they gave any indication of being hearing-impaired. Just say - and not in a loud voice - there’s no need to shout. I have perfect hearing.
about how building a ramp at my summer house solved a problem that went deeper than we knew
Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard
Music replays the past memories, awaken our forgotten worlds and make our minds travel
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The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians
He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does
other scenarios, there’s a similar start. “I’m sorry but I need to stop you there. I’m right here and it feels like you’re talking about me rather than to me. I know that was probably unconscious so I wanted to point it out since there’s no age at which being talked over like that feels good.
Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would
I recently painted our interior doors in the upstairs hallway and I am so happy with how they turned out! We are still working on the floors (hence the lack of baseboards in these photos) but I can already see my vision coming to life. I also painted the walls and ceiling in my favorite white paint- Polar Bear by Behr and even though the doors are dark now, it has really brightened up this space.
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I love this discussion! Ageism is indeed alive and well in so many arenas, including the home care industry, where our clients are primarily 65 and up. I’d love to share our post on fighting ageism within the home care industry for any of your readers who may be interested.
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Hannon: Ageism is alive and well in the workplace and deeply engrained in our culture. One of the best ways to fight back against ageism is to be physically fit. It’s a fact of life that we judge people on their cover. “Lookism.” I can’t tell you how many jobseekers over 50 ask me if they should get botox or dye their hair to hide the gray. It’s top of mind. I always say, sure if it makes you feel better and more confident. But the best way to fight ageism is to get physically fit.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human
life, sometimes I am about to start interviewing someone who knows my background and who says: “I thought you were retired!” I respond that I retired from my full-time job, but I didn’t retire from life. I go on to say I am retiring the way many are these days: working part-time doing what I enjoy,
Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human.❤
don’t mean bench pressing or running fast miles. But rather incorporate a fitness program into your daily life and eat with an eye to nutrition. That might mean walking your dog a few miles a day like I do, or swimming and so forth. When you’re physically fit, you exude a can-do attitude, you have energy and a positive vibe. People want to be around you. They want you on their team. They want to be your client. It is subliminal.
That question comes my way all the time, whether via my Yo, Is This Ageist? blog or during Old School’s weekly Office Hours meet-ups. (Here’s how to join us.) So when journalist and author Phil Moeller obtained some really good answers from some people I greatly respect, I asked permission to run his article as a guest post. A slightly longer version first appeared on his Substack, Get What’s Yours.
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Where words fail, music speaks.”
Bodily changes have their disappointments but, on average, older people are happier and more satisfied with their lives than young people
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Anthropomorphism, the interpretation of nonhuman things or events in terms of human characteristics, as when one senses malice in a computer or hears human voices in the wind. Derived from the Greek anthropos
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech
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Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch
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Great if you can explain why: “I’m not a baby, speaking to me in a baby voice is demeaning.” Or “I have trouble hearing but my brain is working just fine.” Or “We both know I’m old, when you pretend otherwise you suggest that being old is a bad thing and it’s not.
“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid
Music… can name the unnameable and communicate
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