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Aging (Research Brief)
Aging (Research Brief)

Aging (Research Brief)

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Quick Intro

Here you can find the results of my research on aging.

I create research briefs to serve as a foundation for writing future articles, a template for collaborating with other researchers, and to research individual topics over years. After lots of experimentation initially, this format has remained stable for over five years.

This 92-pages long document contains my organized notes and within them, the 80/20 of information on aging:

  • Key terminology used in the field
  • The best resources to consume (podcasts, videos, articles, studies)
  • The highlights of the best resources so you can get the best ideas from the best resources faster
  • The top 1% thought leaders to follow so you can stay up-to-date and go deeper
  • How-to information to help you apply the ideas

Research Brief Contents

Search Keywords 5

Questions 5

Keywords 6

Models Of Successful Aging (at work) 6

Equal Odds Rule (QBQ = Quantity Breeds Quality) 10

Aging 11

Cognition 11

Quotes 12

Demographic Stats 13

Things We Get Worse At With Age 13

Things That Improve With Aging 15

Adult Development 15

Goal Setting 15

Crystallized Intelligence (General memory) 16

Other Good Things 17

Big Ideas 22

Focus on fields that age well 22

Changes To Retirement 23

Old Retirement vs New Retirement 23

Equal Odds Rule 23

Social Media 23

Mechanism 23

Calendar Age And Subjective Age Change Throughout Life But In Predictable Ways 24

Conceptual Innovators vs Experimental Innovators 24

There is more variation in how people age than most consider 25

One of the highest leverage things we can do our life is simply to change our expectations and beliefs about the future. 25

Case Studies 27

Young vs Old Case Studies 27

Young To old Case Studies 27

Young Case Studies 28

Greatest Works After 50 28

Biggest Works & Creative Output 30

Old Top Performers Case Studies 31

Business 1

Writing 31

Old Case Studies 31

Business 32

Writers 33

Art 37

Science 37

Entertainment 46

Book Summaries 47

Late Bloomers 47

Old Masters 47

Neuroplasticity 47

Surprising Stats 47

Resources 47

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think 47

New Types Of Retirement 48

Inter-Individual Heterogeneity 49

Body Decline 52

Deliberate Practice 52

General 61

Learning 64

Creativity 67

Age And Job Performance / Work Outcomes 72

Successful Aging at Work 72

Thought Leaders 89

Hannes Zacher 89

Hans-Werner Wahl 89

Paul Baltes 89

David Blanchflower 89

Andrew Oswald 89

Laura Carstensen 89

Elizabeth Isele 90

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Research Brief: Aging
Research Brief: Aging

Last modified by Michael Simmons 3 years ago

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