Ken Dychtwald Quotations

Many people wrongly assume the most important issue is money. While it isn't trivial, it's way down the list.

Many people wrongly assume that the most important issue among families is money and wealth transfer -- it's not. What we found was the memories, the stories, the values were 10 times more important to people than the money.

No one considered whether a life without work would be satisfying or sustainable.

Retirement can be a bit of a wonderland. But there are some patches of quicksand and some mines in the field.

We are about to see the biggest transfer of wealth in history, and we found that everyone was focused on the wrong thing,

We found that when you ask people to talk about inheritance, everyone clams up, ... Inheritance is about money, and it's seen as greedy. But ask them to talk about legacy ... it's as if we hit some kind of magic button, and people open up about leaving behind family values and traditions -- and money was just a piece of that.

everybody clammed up. That word spoke about money and greed and all sorts of things that no one wanted to talk about.

Baby boomers, who are starting to turn 60 this year, are probably well aware of the financial challenges that lay ahead but few may realize what they will experience emotionally. We have discovered that retirement is a complex process made up of distinct emotional stages, similar to other life transitions, such as pregnancy or grieving and loss.

They've been able to take some notes on what aspects of retirement are attractive and what is unappealing.

We also have people dying longer, we are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done a great job of making healthspan match up with lifespan, which is both miserable and unbelievably costly - and frightening.

If I never explore my limits, my bodymind will gradually tighten and become unconscious. If I regularly explore my limits in a caring and adventuresome fashion, I will expand and grow in a vital fashion. But if I try to push myself past where I am honestly able to go, I will no longer be practicing yoga but instead will be practicing greed, and I will probably be met by pain and disease. Stated simply, it is the difference between ignoring your self, making love to yourself, and raping yourself.

Within the yogic philosophy, the edge is considered to be my creative teacher from whom I can learn about myself. If I approach this teacher/edge with love, sensitivity and awareness, I will discover that my teacher/edge will move and allow me a greater range of motion.

Love seems to be the appreciation that we are all little lumps in the same earthly soup which is a little lump in a larger cosmic soup. So, love is an awareness of this beautiful energetic relationship and a natural appreciation of this situation. It doesn't seem to be a matter of finding love...it's a matter of being aware of it. It's not a question of invention but rather discovery.

The generations are really quite different in their nature, philosophy, lifestyle, music ? the way they think and talk.