Retirement - a false goal? | Carol Black | TEDxNewnham
‘Rest’. ‘Seclusion’. ‘Removal from Action or Danger’: this is what 'retirement' means. But in the UK in the twenty-first century we might live for 30 or 40 years beyond retirement. Are we, Professor Dame Carol Black asks, doomed to spend all that time in bed- or could it be the start of a new chapter? Professor Dame Carol Black is the Principal of Newnham College. She is a past-President of the Royal College of Physicians, of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and of the British Lung Foundation, and has chaired the UK Health Honours Committee. She has long been involved in encouraging women to aspire to positions of leadership, in the professions, academia and public life.
She is now a member of the University’s Equality and Diversity Committee, and of the organising committee for the annual Women of the World Festival in Cambridge. She chairs the board of Think Ahead, a not-for-profit organisation that encourages graduates into mental health social work. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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1:35 That new word is RELIVENED! 💜
Can equate to all of that, Carol. Been retired for 28 years now. Turn 87 this month. Still have an active, enjoyable life which includes all three aspects of a life: body, mind and spirit.
Really great ideas; yes, I agree that "retirement" is a false goal
Thanks for wonderful message so elegantly communicated. It was such a pleasant presentation with full of motivating advice. I shall certainly follow it. I will be retiring in 15 days. Hope I make the most of it and pursue passions, goals and unfulfilled till now ambitions. There is no time to waste. My first priority is my physical, emotional and mental.firness then my talents travel and be fulfilled
People often need purpose and define themselves by what they do for a living . Few people ask themselves what they do for the living.
Purpose, be ambitious, living life to the full, and not be part of the living dead: great thoughts
“Fear of falling” is the number one risk factor of elderly falling.
GREAT VID!!! i watched this VID 10 times
I'm not taking it lying down ...
Tks
Yep yep…according to the Australian Bureau Of Statistics a boy born in 2021 can expect on average to live to 81 the pension in Australia begins at 67 most people can’t afford to retire. Then of course once you reach 70+ the age/degenerative conditions and diseases kick in loss In physicality ( strength and flexibility) then ever more common dementia/alzheimers I was born in 1959 ( so my likely life span will be less than the aforementioned 81 years) work 50 hours a week in a job I enjoy but now am starting to realise I am running out of time my physical clock is winding down, the window to play golf, ride my motorcycle etc is diminishing quickly. So perhaps time to trade down to a smaller less expensive home on the Monopoly board, our last confined space will be a wooden box that will be incinerated with us in it. Reality of life.
Is there a reason that lady is rudely on her phone? That irks me!
Interesting video. I wish the Ted speakers would not wear dangle earrings though; the noise of it hitting the mic is distracting.
Retirement- Over rated. Tried it for 6 months and was climbing the walls. Went back to work. Feel whole again.
@superduper9357
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Is that because you have been conditioned to do that?
@stephenbennett8342
3 жыл бұрын
Sue I am about to find out if retirement is overrated. Let the test begin.
retirement ~ rebirth
i totally agree! Retirement is artificial.
Did Mr Wright die at 70 because he didn't work or because he was due to die then?
I THINK U ARE * A politic * Tea/breakfast with female friends kinda woman AT 65 * U stop to work * U got payed after 35 years of work * It means= dont break the baxxs, or u will not find a job anymore and when u retired, it means u go to sleep forever= people with 2-3 lifes have fake salary= they are present at work, but just with the paper... while in the meantime they are doing their real work
@KLAKLAWES
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PS. i've seen Tottenham results= 3 defeats consecutive.. "the moron is dead" U gotta do what u like to do... When they got injuried there is insurance.... and so on It is like to say= we have 1bln x year but we cant efford an insurance of 50 bucks cuz someone damaged u and u cant work anymore And the profit at least is 150 mln and they look into ur life, but u cant... cuz they are rich... u cant= bossy situations= u cant teach nothing... just speak without money