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The Tipping Point
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7.
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8.
 Seth Godin,
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9.
 Marc Freedman,
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(New York: PublicAffairs, 2011). About the Author

A

acting your age,
139
–
47

environment and,
142
–
43

expectations and,
139
–
42

mind/body alignment and,
144
–
45

risk and,
143
–
44

Active Living by Design (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation),
93

adaptation,
45

mal-,
13
,
26

ageism,
4
,
26
,
31
–
32
,
174

“Age Wave” (Dychtwald),
28
–
29
,
200

aging

components of successful,
35
,
35
–
36

successful
vs
. usual way of,
32
,
32
–
35
,
214
–
216

agrarian period,
14
,
19
–
20

alcohol,
92

allostasis,
128

allostatic load,
129

American Baptist Homes of the West,
218

AmeriCorps,
168

amygdala,
50
–
51
,
156

ancestral/preindustrial society,
26
–
27

Antonucci, Toni,
3
,
112
,
218

Art of War, The
(Sun Tzu),
125

authentic traits/needs,
12
,
37
,
74
,
222

axonal extension,
101
–
2

B

Bambi
(film),
169
–
70

Beauvoir, Simone de,
18
–
19

bed rest,
78
–
79

Berk, Lee,
178
–
79

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America,
172

Big Uneasy,
127
–
29
,
153
–
55

See also
stress

Blair, Steven,
3

Blue Zones,
36
–
37
,
116

BMI (body mass index),
63
–
64

boomer blues,
115

Booth, Frank W.,
88
–
89

Bowling Alone
(Putnam),
114
,
116

brain, the,
99
–
108

brain-imaging and,
52
–
53
,
104

dynamic and alterable nature of,
38
,
103
–
5

neurogenesis and,
102
–
3

neuroplasticity and,
99
–
102

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
59
–
60

use of by elders,
163

wired for fear,
49
–
51

wired for social connection,
111
–
14

brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF),
38
,
104

brain-fitness,
60
,
104
–
6

Branson, Richard,
191

Brody, Hugh,
16

Buettner, Dan,
36
–
37

Butler, Robert,
31
–
32

C

calories,
131
–
32

Campbell, Joseph,
107

Canfield, Jack,
180

Carlson, Christian J.,
88

cerebral cortex,
49

Chakravarthy, Manu V.,
88

challenge

for the brain,
99
–
108

vs
. failure,
223
–
224

change

failure to effect,
48
–
51

flailing at self-imposed,
46
–
48

life as,
44
–
46

taking small steps and,
51
–
54
,
75
,
93
–
94
,
96
,
137
–
38
,
185

veterans of,
46

Chapman, Sandra,
105
,
108

chattering mind,
66
–
67
,
151
–
53
,
155

children

cultural views of,
19
,
22
,
171

interaction with,
69
–
70
,
169
–
76

as spiritual advisers,
173
–
74

circle of life,
170
–
73

cognitive function,
36
,
59
–
60

challenging your brain and,
99
–
108

stress and,
105

use it or lose it and,
80
–
82

Cohen, Sheldon,
129

communication, technology and,
82

compression of morbidity,
33

connection, social.
See
social connection

continuing-care retirement communities (CCRCs),
200
–
201

Masterpiece Living and,
213

Cooper, Ken,
89

Coughlin, Joseph,
202

Cousins, Norman,
177
–
78

Cross-Cultural Solutions,
168

culture

in ancestral/preindustrial society,
14
–
20
,
19
–
20
,
26
–
27

successful aging and facilitative,
214
–
216

curveballs in life,
75
–
76
,
83
–
84

D

Dalai Lama,
179

death

causes of,
34

social isolation and,
114

decline

death and,
33
–
34

low expectations and,
141
–
45

Delbrück, Max,
11

dementia,
59
–
60
,
103
,
105

See also
brain, the

dendrites,
101
–
2

Diamond, Jared,
13

diet

in ancestral/preindustrial society,
17
,
131
–
32

brain-fitness and,
105
–
6
,
108

death and,
92

fixation on weight and,
130

moderation and,
132

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
62
–
63

successful aging and,
129
–
35

wiring to high-caloric foods and,
131
–
32

disability,
36

disease/illness

in ancestral/preindustrial society,
18
,
22

minimizing risk of,
36

modern chronic,
1
,
26
,
32
,
34
,
62
,
88

diversity trend,
28

Donnelly, Mary,
164

Dubois, René,
12
–
13

Dunbar, Robin,
179

Dworkin, David,
39
,
216

Dychtwald, Ken,
28
–
29
,
189

E

Eden Alternative,
162
,
171

elders

an aging nation and,
28
,
111
,
199
–
201

in ancestral/preindustrial society,
18
–
19
,
27

obsession with youth and,
140
–
41

in postindustrial/modern society,
22
,
26
,
28

revival of elderhood and,
194
–
196

Elders (group),
195

Eldertopia,
194

endorphins, laughter and,
179

engagement,
36
,
109
–
21

the brain and,
102
–
3

disengagement and,
114

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
58
–
59

environment

cultural views of,
16
–
17
,
22

expectations and,
142
–
43

facilitative culture and,
214
–
216

future, for elders,
196
–
199

equality, in hunter-gather period,
16

Erikson, Erik,
162

exercise

moderate-intensity physical activity as,

walking as,
89
–
90
,
92
,
93
–
94

expectations,
139
–
40

body alignment with,
144
–
45

environment and,
142
–
43

low,
140
–
42

F

facilitative culture,
214
–
216

fast foods,
131
–
32

fear of change,
45
–
46

making small changes and,
51
–
54

wired for,
48
–
51

fight-or-flight mechanism,
50
–
51

self-induced,
128
–
29
,
154

Fitch, John A.,
21

fitness industry,
91

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
145

Four Pointes Center for Successful Aging (Grand Haven, Michigan),
219

Frankl, Viktor,
150

Freedman, Marc,
209

friendships, quality of,
117

Fries, James,
33

fruits,
62
–
63
,
131

future, looking into the,
193
–
201

G

Gabriel, Peter,
195

game theory,
110

Gazzaley, Adam,
105

generativity,
162

gerotranscendence,
150

Gerzon, Mark,
165

giving back,
164
–
65

Gladwell, Malcolm,
116
,
199

goals,
140

Gobble, David,
38
,
90
,
203

Gordon, Scott E.,
88

grains and meat,
62
–
63

grand-generativity,
162

group life

in ancestral/preindustrial society,
17
–
19
,
26
–
27

in postindustrial/modern society,
27
,
28

survival and,
111
–
14

See also
social connection

growth,
139
–
47

expectations and,
139
–
42

mind/body alignment and,
144
–
45

risk and,
143
–
44

senior-living industry and,
206
–
207

supportive environment and,
142
–
43

Gutmann, David,
194
–
195

H

Hamilton, Marc T.,
88

Hammond, Katie,
212

Hassig, Brigit,
219

health

authentic,
74

laughter and,
178
–
79

social connection and,
114
–
17

spiritual,
149
–
58

stress and,
38
,
114
–
15
,
129
,
154

symphony of,
38
–
41