Celebrate 100 Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life

Steve Franklin is an author, educator, speaker, businessman and centenarian wannabe. He is passionate about capturing the wisdom, wit, and advice of centenarians across America and energetically sharing it with the younger generation.  He co-authored two major business textbooks that were adopted in hundreds of colleges and universities across America, educating thousands of college students about principles of business success. His articles have been published in over 40 publications, and his research has been reported in numerous periodicals throughout the nation including The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune and many more. He has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs, including the Gannett Broadcasting “Million Dollar Dreams” series aired throughout the country and watched by millions of viewers.

Dr. Franklin was a tenured professor and associate dean, and received the number one teaching evaluation by students three times at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. He has consulted with and delivered hundreds of keynote speeches to major organizations throughout North America, Europe, South Africa, and Dubai including Coca-Cola, General Electric, Federal Express, Northwestern Mutual, UPS, AT&T, Johnson and Johnson, IBM, Chick-fil-A. While at Emory, he cofounded the Emory Center for Healthcare Leadership and now serves on the Board of Regents at Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England and is the Chairman of the Board of Governors for The American University in Dubai. For the past several years he has visited, videotaped, interviewed, dined, danced, laughed a lot, cried a little, and even exercised with centenarians all across America to capture and share their secrets and love for long and abundant life. Steve’s goal is to live 120 years healthy, wealthy, and wise with his incredible wife, Elaine. He is over halfway there!

Lynn Peters Adler is founder and director of the nonprofit National Centenarian Awareness Project, and is an expert on the lifestyles of active centenarians. For over 20 years she has been an advocate of positive aging. Lynn conducted the first nationwide survey of centenarian lifestyles and is the author of the award-winning book Centenarians: The Bonus Years. She co-produced the first centenarian documentary, Centenarians Tell It Like It Is, which aired regionally on PBS, and authored an inspirational calendar featuring active centenarians, Age with Grace: The Centenarian Spirit, published by Cedco Publishing.

Lynn has been featured in major media, including a CNN special, Newsweek and People magazines, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and numerous local and regional media formats. She has appeared on all national television networks as well as various cable stations and radio programs. In 2008 she assisted the production and appeared in a Barbara Walters special, “Living to 150: Can You Do It?,” with four of her centenarian friends. She was a two-term member of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging in Arizona, past chairman of the Phoenix Mayor’s Aging Services Commission, and member of the Arizona Attorney General’s Task Force on Elder Abuse. She founded Arizona’s Centenarian Program in 1985–1986, and was instrumental in helping other states and entities establish similar programs. Lynn is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and holds a law degree. She now lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is a writer, speaker, and consultant on centenarians and aging excellently. Her web site, www.adlercentenarians.org, includes the blog Live to 100 and Beyond and is the home of the National Centenarian Awareness Project. All proceeds she receives from the sale of Celebrate 100 will go to furthering the work of NCAP.

Foreword

Introduction:  Century Old Questions…Century Old Answers

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Today’s Centenarians—Celebrities and National Treasures
A Century of Wisdom

The Celebrities of Aging:  Centenarians in the Spotlight

The Age of Centenarians:  A Million or more by 2050

The Wisdom of Centenarians:  Authentic—Experience Not Theory

National Treasures:  Unique—Individually and Collectively

Cameos of Today’s Centenarians

A Century of Progress:  Their Century

Chapter 2: The Art and Science of Living Longer & Living Better
Everybody’s Doing It
On Being 100

Increasing Longevity

Lifestyle Improvements through Technology

Lifestyle Choices

The Big Three

Healthy Diet

The Benefits of Exercise

Socialization and Quality of Life

The Importance of Family

Hobbies and Avocations

Chapter 3: Money Wise and Time Tested

How They Think We Are Doing

Simple Saving Wisdom: Battle of Needs versus Wants

Debt Is a 4 Letter Word

Time-ly Advice

Investing Today—After A Century of Perspective

Defining “Rich”

Chapter 4: Work Wisdom

Take This Job and Love It

From Success to Significance

Teachers Extraordinaire

Keeping Up and Keeping On

Wise Work Advice

Chapter 5: The Top Secrets from Our Centenarians

Secret Secret #1: Attitude

Secret #2: Healthy Eating

Secret #3: Faith

Secret #4: Exercise and Activity

Secret # 5: Clean Living

Secret #6:  Family

Secret #7: Genetics

Advice to Centenarian Wannabes

Why 100?

Chapter Six:  The Centenarian Spirit
You’ve Gotta Have Heart

The Centenarian Spirit

The Centenarian Spirit in Action

Renegotiating Life

Sparks of the Spirit

Centenarians on the Go

Keeping Life Interesting—Common Interests, not Common Age

Contemporary Centenarians - Thinking and Feeling Young

Catch the Spirit:  Forget Aging Gracefully - Age Excellently!

A Formula for Longevity

Appendix: Sharing the Wisdom

100 Questions to Capture the Secrets to Excellent Aging

Notes/Further Readings

About the Authors

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