Celebrate Your Best Age!

Lorraine Ladish is a digital creator and the Founder and CEO of Viva Fifty! a bilingual community that celebrates being 50+. She is the published bilingual (Spanish-English) author of 18 books. She has cracked the secret of monetizing the Internet, building community, and says “my best days aren’t behind me and neither are yours!”

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Glory in the Past or Looking Forward?

There are a couple of schools of thought about business success and growing older. Think of it as “opportunity only knocks once” vs. “Opportunity is what you make it.” “If you haven’t made it by now, you’ll never make it” vs. “Life is a rocket trajectory—you never stop learning, creating and contributing.” Maybe it’s a…

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It’s Never Too Late

A husband at 47, a baby at 49 and her own business just shy of her 51st birthday, Cindy Kienzle, Founder and Chief Baking Officer at Hungry Monkey Baking Company says it’s never too late to build the life you want!

As seen on talkshop.live, featuring the delicious banana bread, triple chocolate brownies and other products loved by THE Howie Mandel! (So delicious, I gained 5 pounds just planning this show!)

Hear how she does it, the tech and systems she uses and how she gives back.

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New Book Hails Grandparents as Family Activists

New Book Hails Grandparents as Family Activists   When grandchildren are young, a sweet treat or new toy is enough to inspire their unconditional adoration. And then they become teenagers. Suddenly it’s not so easy anymore, for you or them.   Where Two Worlds Meet: A Guide to Connecting with Your Teenage Grandchildren is a…

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Talking Culture: Bias, Blinders and Rules

Alan Headbloom is an award-winning language coach and interculturalist. He works online and in-person with foreign-born professionals in hospitals, colleges, and industry, helping them acculturate to American English and American ways. His tutorials and lessons work for US Americans, too! (Says the person who learned about US football and hand-shaking protocol in the US…from him!) Alan talks regularly about the importance of welcoming immigrants and the “insidious presence of ethnocentrism in our lives.”

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Is Your Computer Funnier Than My Computer?

Is your computer funnier than my computer?   It was the summer of 1983 when my boss (aka my dad) called me into his office during my summer job at his advertising agency. “Stop laughing at the Account Executive’s ad copy,” he admonished, barely stifling his smile. I was typing up Allen’s copy for an…

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Trust Your Gut

David Manilow is a lifelong Chicagoan and committed foodie who is a strong believer in trusting your instincts in business. He has produced sports, travel and food-related television programs for ABC, HBO, ESPN, CNBC and PBS. In 2001, he created the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning restaurant review program Check, Please! in Chicago and spin-offs in eight other markets.David’s newest venture is a weekly food and drink podcast with Crain’s Chicago Business, “The Dining Table.”

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Trust in Business Leaders is at an All-Time High

Did you know more people today expect business leaders (as opposed to the government) to save the day?   That’s according to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer, an online survey of 36 thousand respondents from 28 countries. Comparatively, it’s 61% who trust business to only 52% who think the government can fix things. The biggest…

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Making Sense of the Duality of Life

We live in a duality, on so many levels.   What does that look like for you?   For me, it’s reconciling a mass school shooting in Texas, after one last week in a grocery store in Buffalo, and all the shootings in Chicago in between. It feels like the world should stop. And yet…

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