Life Lessons From 100-Year-Old Americans Who Didn't Expect To Live So Long | Business Insider

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TLDRUna mujer de 102 años comparte su experiencia de vida, reflexionando sobre los desafíos que ha enfrentado y las lecciones aprendidas. Desde su infancia durante la Gran Depresión hasta su servicio en la Marina durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ha mantenido una actitud positiva y un enfoque en la salud y el bienestar. Destaca la importancia de la actividad física, el amor familiar y ayudar a los demás como claves para una vida larga y satisfactoria. A pesar de las pérdidas personales, sigue encontrando alegría en la vida y en las conexiones con diferentes generaciones.

Punti di forza

  • 💪 Mantén una actitud positiva para vivir más tiempo.
  • 🏃‍♀️ Haz ejercicio regularmente para cuidar tu salud.
  • ❤️ El amor es fundamental en la vida.
  • 📚 Compartir experiencias y ayudar a otros es gratificante.
  • 🌍 La tecnología ha cambiado drásticamente en 100 años.
  • 💰 Invierte sabiamente para asegurar tu futuro financiero.
  • 👵 No olvides a las personas mayores, necesitan compañía.
  • 📖 Escribir un libro puede ser una forma de compartir tu legado.
  • 🌱 Cuida tu dieta y evita excesos.
  • 🤝 La generosidad y el apoyo a los demás enriquecen la vida.

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    Una mujer de 102 años comparte sus lecciones de vida, destacando la importancia del pensamiento positivo y la persistencia. Atribuye su longevidad a no haber bebido café y a su actitud optimista, sintiéndose más joven de lo que es. Su infancia estuvo marcada por la Gran Depresión y su carrera como bailarina para soldados durante la guerra. Reflexiona sobre el papel de las mujeres en la sociedad, especialmente durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y cómo su vida cambió al casarse y convertirse en dentista.

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    La mujer habla sobre la pérdida de seres queridos, incluyendo a su esposa y dos hijos, y cómo enfrenta la soledad a su edad. A pesar de los desafíos, mantiene una perspectiva positiva, enfatizando que la vida continúa y es importante hacer lo que amas. También menciona los cambios tecnológicos a lo largo de los años, expresando su desconexión con la tecnología moderna, pero reconociendo sus beneficios si se utilizan adecuadamente.

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    Finalmente, comparte consejos sobre la salud y el bienestar, como hacer ejercicio regularmente y mantener una dieta equilibrada. Resalta la importancia de tener un propósito en la vida, especialmente en relación con la familia, y la alegría de ayudar a los demás. Concluye que la longevidad proviene de una actitud positiva y de cuidar las relaciones con los demás, así como de la fe y la gratitud.

Mappa mentale

Video Domande e Risposte

  • ¿Cuál es el secreto para vivir tanto tiempo?

    Nunca he fumado, no bebo en exceso y hago ejercicio regularmente.

  • ¿Qué consejo darías sobre el amor?

    El amor es importante y debe ser más que solo la parte sexual.

  • ¿Cómo ha cambiado el mundo en 100 años?

    La tecnología, especialmente Internet, ha cambiado mucho la forma en que vivimos.

  • ¿Qué consejo financiero darías a las generaciones jóvenes?

    Compra tierras y considera invertir en fondos mutuos.

  • ¿Cuál es la clave para una vida feliz?

    Ama la vida y mantén un propósito, especialmente hacia tu familia.

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    Look at the camera. Hold this and go.
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    Life lessons from a centinarian. Hair
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    and makeup. You look good, Mom. How many
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    times have you been challenged with a
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    lady who's almost 101? I'm
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    102. We discovered to our surprise. How
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    does it feel to be 102? I feel like a
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    million dollars.
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    I don't feel 107. I feel more in my 80s
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    and 90s. I'm not sure what it is that
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    helps me to keep going. A corny thing
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    called positive thinking. I never gave
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    up. If I had something that I wanted to
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    do, I was persistent. I have no idea
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    what made me live so long except I've
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    never drunk coffee. People say, "What is
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    your secret?" Like it's some big secret.
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    You've learned so much. You've known so
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    much and you want to share it. Well, I
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    feel like a movie
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    [Music]
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    star. My childhood was during the Great
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    Depression. Nothing came easy to me. I
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    was a dancer employed by the United
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    States government to dance for the
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    soldiers. I mean, it was big. My
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    original goal was to be an English
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    teacher and that wasn't quite my um
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    dish. I grew up in a church. I taught
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    vacation Bible school when I was a
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    teenager. In my day, you stayed home,
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    you had your children, and you stood by
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    your husband. And we've been in a
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    revolution ever since.
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    World War II made a tremendous
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    difference in that women finally were
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    recognized as having formal
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    capabilities. I enlisted in the Navy on
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    Pearl Harbor Day. The people of the
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    United States will not stand idly by.
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    Being of the Jewish faith, we knew what
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    Hitler was doing to the Jewish people in
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    Germany. I was worried he could conquer
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    the United States as well. June 6th,
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    1944.
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    Hitler was working. So, we felt it and I
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    lost several
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    relatives and that was
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    terrible. If it was up to me, I would
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    have continued my career in the Navy.
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    But my wife Betty, and I don't blame
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    her, she says, "No, I want you to leave
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    a normal life." And that started my
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    career as a dentist. I truly always
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    enjoyed what I did. I was a certified
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    director of patient accounts at a major
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    hospital. I worked at a real estate loan
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    and insurance office. Did you enjoy your
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    Yes, because that's where I met my
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    husband. He came in one day and wanted
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    to know if I'd like to go play miniature
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    golf with him. And what did you say? And
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    I did. Mhm.
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    Do you have marriage advice?
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    A marriage what advice? Oh, let me see.
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    cuz it's important. It's so important to
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    feel love. Love is um a strong feeling.
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    I won't say it makes the world go round,
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    but it's very helpful. Love has more
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    meaning than the sexual portion of love.
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    I met my husband and I knew that I would
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    marry him. He just was
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    verbal. And of course, I'm verbal, so it
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    was a good uh match. A likemindedness is
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    the foundation of a solid marriage. You
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    agree and you're on the same page and
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    you want to live your life together and
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    that is love.
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    Most challenging thing about being a
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    100 and sometimes time hangs heavy on
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    your
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    hands. I don't have any of my good
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    friends that are still alive. They're
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    all
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    gone. My wife passed away just 20 years
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    ago this year.
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    much too early. She should be here with
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    me, sitting right here, right now. I was
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    passionate about my doubt. I wanted her
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    to doubt with me.
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    I miss my husband. I was married to him
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    for 82 wonderful years. No, I'm sorry.
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    85. And I lost two sons. I just lost one
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    a few weeks ago. My oldest son, he was
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    82 when he
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    died. I'm just shocked that I would
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    still be here and they're
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    [Music]
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    gone. At my age, I think every every
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    step you take is
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    challenging. I feel I'm on borrowed
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    time.
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    My husband
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    Paul was a remarkable sensitive
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    person. We were married 67 years when he
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    passed away. And the truth is I miss him
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    every
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    day. I had a special life because I had
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    an incredible husband.
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    It's very tough at this stage of the
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    game to be
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    alone, be
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    vulnerable, and be
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    dependent. I'm the last man
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    standing. It is not easy at
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    all. If I sat around and grieved all day
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    long, that would be very difficult to
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    take. I know that life goes on and
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    that's the only answer I can give you.
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    Life goes
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    on. So get on and do the things that you
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    love to
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    do. What has changed the most in a 100
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    years? A great deal has changed. I would
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    say the internet. Is it true that you're
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    on YouTube? my whole generation. We
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    don't know how to handle it. I see all
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    these young people walking down the
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    street holding phones. We're scared of
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    it. Everybody's got one but me and we
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    don't like it. I don't use a phone here
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    because I I I just don't. It's just like
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    going in a dark room and trying to find
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    something.
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    Wow. Amazing how much garbage gets on
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    your computer. It used to be that if you
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    wanted to know the answer to something,
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    you'd have to go to the library and do a
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    great deal of research to find out about
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    something. Today, with a snap of your
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    fingers, the internet has that answer
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    for
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    you. Done.
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    I'm at the computer a great deal.
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    Oh, I think technology if used properly
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    has definitely made a huge
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    difference. The ability to reach out to
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    one another, getting emails, sending
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    emails. So, yes, technology has changed
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    and improved and given us better chances
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    in life.
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    The important thing is for us to utilize
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    these
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    inventions properly and carefully, not
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    to use them in a bad
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    way. I'm going to do my
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    exercises.
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    One,
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    two,
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    three, four. What has helped you live to
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    100? I've never smoked. I've never drank
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    to excess. I love the outdoors. I
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    suggest 1 hour a day of
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    strenuous exercise. Guard your health.
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    It's a precious gift. Lot of stretching,
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    lot of kicking to walk, walk, walk.
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    A real workout that will keep you going
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    and that will keep you
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    alive. We have a bike here.
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    I go on and I try to stay on that bike
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    for 15 to 20 minutes and to keep my legs
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    in healthy form. I can feel it in my
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    body. The muscles are not what they
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    were.
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    You can wait, Grandma. You wait till you
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    finish there. Start at an early age and
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    eat
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    properly. Watch your
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    diet. Don't get overweight. There was a
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    period of time when I put weight on and
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    I regret that very much. I don't eat
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    meat to excess, but I do have chicken
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    which I like very much. I stay away from
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    bacon and things like that as much as
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    possible. A lot of protein. Steak every
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    night if you
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    can. My attitude
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    is don't let the old man
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    in. I refuse to think old. If you think
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    young, more than likely you're going to
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    act young. There's always something on
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    my plate that I look forward to doing.
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    And I think that's u important for
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    people to look forward to what you can
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    do today that makes a difference.
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    [Music]
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    I like
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    games. It keeps my mind
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    active. I play and I do pretty well. Oh,
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    for the triple word. Thank you. Two
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    more. You got to keep seven.
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    Oh, I have many, many friends who help
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    me enjoy life from all different
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    generations. the 60s, the 70s, 80s,
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    90s. And that's what makes life so
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    interesting because you're feeling the
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    responses of different generations to
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    problems.
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    Do you have any money advice for young
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    generations?
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    Yes. Buy land. Is that what you did? No.
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    I'm terribly bad about money. I'm just
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    ignorant and
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    helpless. Make an investment. Even if
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    you want to start small,
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    patience to achieve what in the long run
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    is the best for you. The stock market
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    goes up and down, but in the long run,
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    the stock market always goes up. If you
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    watch the pennies, then when you need
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    the dollars for a down payment on that
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    house, you've got them. Don't go to the
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    bank and put it in a savings account
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    that gives you 2% interest. Put it in a
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    good solid stock. And a mutual fund is
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    probably your best bet.
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    So, what's the secret for a long happy
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    life? Oh, I think just love life.
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    It's a
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    devotion to my family, to the ones I
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    love. What matters most to me today is
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    the welfare of my family members. How
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    are they doing? Yes. Busy, busy lives.
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    If I have a purpose, it's to help my
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    family.
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    If you don't complain, you don't make
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    life difficult for whoever is around
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    you, you'll get along in life. You want
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    to be attached to the things that are
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    positive and good in life. You have to
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    ignore the negative. Just forget it. The
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    thing that I've really learned not to be
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    so
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    selfentered. You can't get anywhere in
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    life till you start doing things for
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    other people. Giving is a real joy. Do
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    unto others as you would have them do
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    unto you.
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    I think if you're nice to people that it
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    comes back to you.
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    [Music]
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    And I
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    believe so many things that I pray for,
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    I get answers.
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    That's why I have longevity.
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    [Music]
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    Call elderly people, come and see
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    them. I think that that's such a
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    wonderful thing for people to
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    do. Not to forget people that are older.
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    As far as I'm concerned, I let my
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    feelings be heard in the form of a
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    book. I hate the pictures. The kids had
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    been after me for many years. Oh. To
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    write my memoir. And so that makes me
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    feel good that the lessons in life are
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    in that book.
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    As I sit here with you
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    today, I don't feel like my days are
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    numbered. I feel that that I have good
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    years in front of me
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    yet. Can I scratch my nose? Yes. I
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    didn't know if I was on camera or not. I
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    can just barely hear you. Why don't you
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    stand over there? You want me to speak
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    now? Pie's on the camera.
Tag
  • centenaria
  • lecciones de vida
  • pensamiento positivo
  • salud
  • amor familiar
  • tecnología
  • ejercicio
  • inversiones
  • felicidad
  • conexiones intergeneracionales