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Center for Productive Longevity Urges People to Shed Negative Stereotypes About Older Age
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John M Paul
Center for Productive Longevity Urges People to Shed Negative
Stereotypes About Older Age
Organization Wants People to Embrace the Opportunities that Come with Longer Lives
Boulder, CO, June 20, 2012 - As people continue to live longer...
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Center for Productive Longevity Urges People to Shed Negative
Stereotypes About Older Age
Organization Wants People to Embrace the Opportunities that Come with Longer Lives
Boulder, CO, June 20, 2012 - As people continue to live longer and retire earlier, the term
“Third-Stage Adulthood” has more relevance than ever before.
Referring to people 62-85
years old, this stage of life is chock-full of senior workers who are qualified and ready to
continue working after the traditional retirement age of 65 or sooner.
This means that
there is a large and growing talent pool with experience, expertise, seasoned judgment,
and proven performance (referred to by CPL as EESP), to meet the workforce needs of the
21st century.
The concept of “Third-Stage Adulthood” was first conceived in a paper, “The Evolution of
Adulthood: A New Stage” co-authored in 2000 by Dr.
Elliott Jaques, who conceived the
mid-life crisis in 1965, and CPL Founder and CEO William Zinke.
Zinke created CPL, which
is based i
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