Why your 50s can be your Most Dangerous Decade- How your Children can be Part of the Problem Episode #39

<p><strong>Joanne Williams discusses why if you can live to 60 years old then statistically you can live to 80 years old.</strong></p> <p>Summary of today: How having Emotional Intelligent or Emotional Quotient can help you live longer.</p> <ol> <li>What are the factors in living through your 50’s healthfully?</li> <li>EQ or EI what is Emotional Quotient or Emotional Intelligence</li> <li>My new theory on why living through your 50’s can be especially hard.</li> <li>3 things you can do to live a happier life in your 50’s if you start now.</li> </ol> <p><strong>Question of the day is</strong>: How are the Habits you form today going to help you tomorrow and beyond.</p> <p>I noticed something this week that I thought I would share today to help you survive through your 50’s.  I had read an insurance statistic that if you can live to 60 years old you have a much higher statistical possibility you will live to 80 years old.</p> <p>I had 2 professional colleagues die this year. One a 51-year-old Counselor and a 59 yo mentor.</p> <p>That made me really think about a syndrome that I have seen now in family friends that I am witnessing that many are dying in their 50’s. And I think it may be from disillusionment, that without meeting the many expectation of family life, career expectation they are giving up on life, because they have not reached the goals that they felt they should have met.</p> <p>Not to mention a global pandemic adding another level of financial and health stressors or the possibility of losing their homes in their 50s could be financial devastating. According to this article by <span style="font-size: 12pt;">By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet </span></p> <p>"If the economy tanks, 50 year olds are the first to go," according to les Weinstock. "Staying current in your field is really important."</p> <p>And Weinstock recommends that you could ask younger co-workers to help you stay up-to-date with the latest technologies used by your office, for example.  To stay relevant.</p> <p>"This is a great way for you to