While traveling on business a week or so ago, I came across this older man who gave me a valuable secret with respect to keeping our brains sharp and fit as we get older. Since I know most of you are interested in such things, I’ll share with you how I cam across this man and what I learned about aging and brain fitness.
I was sitting at a table in the lounge area of a small airport waiting for our delayed plane to arrive. While I was sitting there watching a big screen T.V., this older man asked if he could sit down at my table.. I said sure. This man was dressed very casually, had long white hair tied in a pony tail and had a beard. We started out with small talk and then he started talking about himself, his family and the many and varied things that he’s seen and done in his life. He handed me his business card which indicated he had a Ph.D. and was a Professor Emeritus at the local state University. During our discussions, he noted things that had happened to him many decades ago. I said to him, “how old are you because you certainly don’t look old enough to of experienced some of those things.” He said he was 83 years old. I was a little taken back at first because he certainly didn’t look or act 83 years old to me. Mentally he was sharp as a tack. I said, “what’s your secret to staying so mentally sharp?” He replied, “I stay engaged.”
This 83 year old Professor Emeritus was definitely engaged in life. He had not retired from work – didn’t want to retire. He was still teaching kids about architecture at the local University. In fact he had taught not only locally, but had at different times in his life taught at different locations around the World. He continues to travel the world for both business and pleasure. He keeps up with local and World politics and goings on. He stays socially engaged. In fact on several occasions during our wait at the airport, I noticed that he had socially engaged many others just like he had done with me – he liked to socially engage with others.
So how do you keep your brain sharp and fit as a tack as you age? Stay engaged!
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Now it’s not a secret anymore! That’s why most people I knew when they reach the same age level their brain start to deteriorate and the worse part is you will never be able to communicate with them properly.