What did you think about The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm by Baby Boomer Kenneth Gronbach?

Do you agree with Gronbach’s description of Baby Boomers as:

* Boomers say, “We are not our parents, and we never will be”
* Boomers are health conscious and work at staying healthy
* Growing up after the Depression, Boomers are not savers, and many are spending our retirement money
* Boomers aren’t graying; we’re getting better
* Boomers work to stay with the times, including technology
* Boomers are essentially lazy (we like to give gift cards because it’s easy)
* Boomers are swift to change partners; many are on their 2nd and 3rd marriages (I can identify with this one)
* Boomers have all the stuff they need; Boomer men have created the boom in self-storage facilities by filling them with all their stuff (I can DEFINITELY identify with this one - ask my husband)

Do you agree with Gronbach’s theory of “Generational Demographics” that the size and demographics of a generation matter in marketing to that generation?

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I’m convinced that there are three facets of any job, any work, anything you want to get done, for your business or your life.  Call them “the huge three:”

• FAST
• GOOD
• CHEAP

And here is the trick: You only get two of the three for any one job, for any one product, for any one business situation.  If you want it fast and good, it won’t be cheap.  If you want it cheap and fast, it won’t be good.  And if you want it cheap and good, it won’t be fast.

If you want the new home you’re building to be done fast, and you want it to be done well, you’ll have to pay massive bucks to get it done.

If you want your service business to be known as the BEST and the FASTEST, you will have to charge a lot for your services.

I also believe that there are no exceptions to this Rule.  It is one of the few rules in the world to which there are no exceptions.  I dare you (ok, I double-dog dare you) to find one exception to this rule, anywhere in the world this day.

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Filed under: Estates, Wealth

It seems even the Queen of England is feeling the credit crunch. The value of her official London residence, Buckingham Palace, has fallen by about $100 million over the past 12 months, the London Telegraph reports. The 52-bedroom mansion, which dates to 1703 and sits on 40 prime acres, is now valued at $1.7 billion, down from $1.8 billion in August of last year. The dollar figure was assessed by UK property values database Zoopla, which has also calculated that the Queen’s weekend retreat, Windsor Castle, has dropped about $15 million in value over the same period to $320 million. “The figures highlight that even the Royal Family aren’t immune to the recent property market slump and that bigger properties have been effected too,” Zoopla CEO Alex Chesterman tells the paper, noting that further decreases could well be in the offing.

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In case you might be feeling a little sad for the end of summer as you head back to work, let’s check out a home with nothing but beach and marshes all around. Today’s home is located in Painter, Virginia and boasts some of the ideal Chesapeake Bay shorelines to be found anywhere. The property is 450 acres and is totally secluded from the outside world. Ospralia was built in 1992 and has four bedrooms. The 3500 square-foot home has two wings with a bridge connecting them. There are two full kitchens, one gas and one electric and four decks. The home is listed at $3.5 million.

Experience more lush living in luxury homes and mansions or see the stars living huge with celebrity homes galleries at AOL Real Estate.

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I’m going to review “The Art of Learning” by Josh Waitzkin later this month for Pimp Your Work. I’m 2/3 through the book, and I love it so far - I’ll give a more detailed review later on. In the mean time, here’s a video of the author discussing some of the basic concepts from the book.

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