Sun Scopes, Tach's, Car's, and Collectables

In October of 2020, I had several doctor appointments to set benchmarks for my upcoming health adventure and lifestyle change process. 

Would my lifestyle changes improve my health? Could I somehow reverse my heart disease? 

Listen in to find out my results.  

Retirement sounds great: no boss, no alarm, do what you want, travel, relax. But does early retirement hurt your health and life expectancy? 

Today, I  talk about people that have lived to be 100. We have some people that have shared their secrets to a long, healthy life. And I thought it'd be kind of fun to share this because it's interesting. One of the world's oldest living man's suggestions is to be sure that you eat plenty of cake. 

What is the secret to living a long, healthy life? A Place for Mom, an assisted living referral service, sought to find the answer to that eternal question. So what they did is they dug through interviews with some over-100's to compile their tips on leading a long life. And some of these will probably surprise you. They did me.

The company analyzed 100 interviews with people who lived until at least 100 years old. It found that wild 25% followed traditional, healthy living advice, such as eating a healthy diet 29% pretty much ignored it. For instance, Agnes Fenton believes that consuming three Miller High Life beers and a shot of whiskey helped her live to be 112 years old. Now for what it's worth. Fenton died in August of 2017. About 16% of those over 100 years old said drinking alcohol every day was the secret to their longevity. This tracks with a recent study claiming that moderate alcohol use was linked to longevity. So what do these folks have to say? Join me for today's Podcast to learn more. 

Thank you, 

Mark 

Want to know how to live a great, long life? Ask someone who has already done it. 

Over fifty-percent (50%) of those born in 2000 are expected to live past 100. The latest estimate is 103.

While many researchers use to believe that living longer only brought seniors more years of disability, it's now widely accepted that regular healthy behaviors like eating a nutritious diet, exercise based on each of our situations, healthy sleep, minimizing stress, and more.

The term "Anti Aging" is thrown around so frivolously in today's advertising. This is where Age Management is the proper term. Slowing the aging process takes many different steps. There is not one magical step. However, seniors can become healthier through anti-aging planning.
 
While many researchers used to believe that living longer only brought us more years of disability, it's now widely accepted that regular healthy behaviors like eating a nutritious diet and drinking only in moderation can help us all grow old more slowly, avoid age-related diseases, disability, and improve our longevity in general. The challenge is knowing where to start.

Marsha gladly admits to being  a baby boomer. Yes, I’m a Baby Boomer who grew up with “The Brady Bunch”.  Many times when I introduce myself, the person responds with, “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha.”

Marsha has a great deal of experience helping people maneuver through Medicare. New employees in two large companies attended her New Employee Benefits Orientation meetings and learned how to use their new benefits.  

At Greyhound Bus Lines, employees called her on the Employee Benefits Hot Line to ask questions about their benefits and seek solutions to their insurance problems.  Later she helped business owners choose the best plans for their employees while I worked at an insurance agency.

Marsha puts her years of experience and knowledge to good use and be your personal advocate helping you choose the right insurance at the right price. From personal experience, Marsha will continue to be your advocate after you purchase a plan.

With all of the ads on tv and the junk mail it was confusing. I could get incredible services and could be reimbursed $144 a month. I'm in. Then I talked to Marsha. 

I never get tired of sharing this: 

A life insurance policy is an asset. If a senior is not going to keep their life insurance policy—for whatever reason—you have a protected property right to sell that policy.

 In many cases, you’ll receive significantly more than if you simply lapsed or surrendered the policy back to the issuing insurance company.

 Just like a house or a car, life insurance policies can be a hidden treasure that can result in the senior receiving as much as 10 times more than the policy’s cash surrender value. 

Many seniors use the proceeds they got from the sale of a policy to fund retirement or pay for long-term care needs. Yet many seniors don’t take advantage of this opportunity.

Why? Because they don’t know it exists or, too often, the financial professionals who advise them—CPAs, wealth managers, estate attorneys, etc.—don’t know about it, either. 

Secondly, even when they are aware, they don’t understand it.

As such, after meeting a lady that was from Minneapois and in the secondary insurance market. She had spent much of her career dispelling the myths surrounding this asset that seniors could use, sparked my curiousity.
Perhaps there was away for seniors with cancer to tap their life insurance for needed cash? 
Or if a person could receive more cash from selling their poicy, rather than cashing the policy in, why wouldn't they? 

Did something smell funny about the life settlement business?   

Here is an over view of what I found -  

Finding out a loved one has cancer can be overwhelming.  Cancer affects not only the person diagnosed, but all those who care about that person.  Walt discusses his journey as a caregiver for 32 months after his wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  Caring for someone who is sick, taking on new responsibilities, and worrying about the future can be exhausting at the very least.  Walt’s experience will benefit all caregivers.

 Recently I wrote at in a blog and used the word “app”.   

Someone e-mailed me and asked me “I enjoyed your blog … but, can you please explain, what is an ‘app’?” 

Talk about a reality check! It was a perfect reminder of a lesson I know to be true and often preach, but in this case didn’t live up to.   

We sometimes throw about the latest technology words that we assume others will know. But many people may still consider words such as “app” out in space somewhere. 

I am going to try to explain what an app is. And it’s one of those words that sounds harder to understand than it really is.