The 100-Year Life — Part #2

How to Rethink Your Relationships, Career, Education, and Finances so You Can Enjoy a Long Life

Continued from Part #1

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“Vitality Assets”

Family, friends, health and learning are the intangible but necessary ingredients of a rich, fulfilling life. These intangibles strengthen your tangible assets. For example, learning and acquiring skills boosts your earning potential. Intangible advantages can be “productive assets, vitality assets” or “transformational assets.” Productive assets like education and skill development build capabilities and career growth. Periods of learning may take place throughout a 100year lifetime due either to the obsolescence of existing skills or the desire for new knowledge. Developing your “professional social capital” through collaborative relationships boosts your long-term creativity and productivity. Building your personal brand — that is, a good reputation — grows increasingly valuable as you fulfill your responsibilities, seek opportunities or enter new fields.

Vitality assets include your mental and physical wellbeing, which you should proactively maintain and improve. Healthy eating habits, regular exercise, stress management and nurturing relationships are crucial for a long, happy life. The outdated three-stage life model…