"The Wisdom of Age" Working Format

Hello to All of my Visitors!

As I promised in my last post, I will share my current thinking on the format for gathering inputs for "The Wisdom of Age."

Many times in my life I have been asked and pondered the question "Would you want to go back to being __ years old again?" and without fail I answer "Only if I could know what I know now!"

I realize that capturing a life full of wisdom would fill a book for many people, but may not be very interesting if that life was very different from the reader's. So my current thinking is to solicit input from as many people as I can find who would be willing to contribute. And I am going to try to find people across a broad spectrum of American life, from blue-collar workers, to white-collar workers, to those in between, and to those who are famous: musicians, actors, directors, politicians, business leaders, thought leaders, sports figures, artists, writers, reporters,...you get the picture.

And then, so no single contributor is overworked, I plan to focus them by asking this question:

"If you could go back to being 21 years old today, what three pieces of wisdom that you have acquired in your life would you take with you?"

I realize that this angle might limit the audience, but I figure that the 18 and older crowd would be interested, and their parents might be interested. It might also find some traction in recovery and rehabilitation programs, prisons, schools...

I'm not sure whether the chapters would focus on single individuals, or be grouped by themes. I want to let the input I get drive that decision, and how large the collection gets.

Would love to hear your feedback...

Until next time!
Julius