Hugh Culver - Author, Speaker, Coach

I’m writing this post airborne, somewhere over Greenland, on my way to Delhi. My six week trip to India and then on to Nepal, actually started six months ago, on my 60th birthday.
Before I get to that, let me ask you a question…
Have you ever made a goal – perhaps one so good you couldn’t resist telling others – and then somehow lost the plot?...

“With the sheer number of baby-boomers now approaching retirement age, the era of the “olderpreneur” is upon us.” Financial Times
When I was a kid people retired at 60 – 65 if they didn’t like golf.
When you get old, you retire. This was an irrefutable fact of life like moss grows on the North side of trees and striped shirts make you look fat....

I’m leaving tomorrow for a week of racing and paddling and something unusual is happening.
Monday through Wednesday I crossed a bunch of stuff off my Flight Plan, but it was a battle to stay on task.
On Thursday I was side-swiped by client requests and helping team members get stuff done. I felt defeated....

When Steve Jobs was unceremoniously ousted from Apple in 1985 the fate of the company was supposed to improve. John Scully had moved into the CEO office and brought with him all the corporate sensibilities of big business America.
Fast forward 12 years, product lines were bloated, sales had plummeted and Apple was no longer the darling of Silicon Valley....