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Sharon Youngblood
P.O. Box 41236
Tucson, AZ 85717
520.795.7498
520.795.7556 (FAX)
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"Sharon is that rare
individual - extremely intelligent and multi-talented,"
-- Hussein Kamel, PhD, Computer Structural
Analysis, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona
"I can say we would not have accomplished our goals without your assistance."
-- Chester Teaford, HDR, Inc.,
formerly, V.P., Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
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Performance Miner™ Newsletter
May 2005
Performance Miner™ Getting the Most Out Of Your Business & Life
A free monthly newsletter about balancing life, work, and
relationships based on the writings and popular workshops conducted by
Sharon Youngblood. Click here to review past
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Copyright 2005 Sharon Youngblood. All
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Performance Miner™ is in two sections this month:
In this issue:
- Financial Musings
- Life Business™
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1. Financial Musings
Tomorrow I leave to work in the business communities
in two countries in Europe. The Europeans seldom refrain from talking
about politics so I anticipate confrontations regarding two issues:
Iraq and Social Security.
A cohort, in social science terms, is a group of people who were born
in the same era. One of the most famous or infamous cohorts in the
United States are the baby boomers. When the boomers were born they
kicked off a post world war II housing and highway boom. When they
started school, new schools had to be built and teachers trained. When
the boomers hit college age, they just about tore the colleges down
with protests and cries for social reform. Now pundits are talking
about the effects of the boomers on social security and health care.
On May 2, the Wall Street Journal carried a story on the front page
outlining the effects of baby boomers on the stock market as they
begin to retire. One view offered says that the boomers will begin to
sell off stocks at such a clip that stock prices will be depressed, as
few buyers are available to purchase and therefore fund the boomers
retirement. Right behind this dire prediction, the news that United
will join many other corporations and bail on pensions promised
employees. Although the Feds will stand behind the pension funds, no
one at United, regardless of what they thought they were getting, will
get more than $45,500 per year.
All I know for sure is that boomers are like a giant rat in the belly
of the snake - every institution we passed through felt the effects of
this large unruly cohort. No reason retirement should be any
different.
It is more than interesting. The current interest in privatization of
social security funds floats as a solution to fix the ailing social
security system yet the administration, before introducing graduated
payments, acknowledges this is not a solution to the problem but
explains it as an aid to younger workers.
I've had several theories concerning privatization. They range from
accepting at face value the administration's position to thinking the
U.S. was modeling after other countries (irrespective of Senator
DeLay's contempt of judges going on the internet, we all do!) As I
read the journal article, a question occurred. Could it be that the
current interest in privatization is an attempt to assure that more
people will be available to shore up the sagging stock market when the
boomers cash in? After all, it would encourage a whole group of
younger workers who do not currently play the market in a big way to
get active right when they are needed. I may have been in the press of
work and missed it if and when this rationale came up but when I read
the Journal article which did not discuss Social Security, I made a
connection. It seems like a double gamble: 1) Younger people may not
have the pittance of social security when they retire and 2) The stock
market may weaken as many pundits think it will and leave younger
workers with less than the old systems. Whatever you think, the
implications for A/E professionals are enormous - we have a dog in
this fight.
The Europeans will be much keener to discuss Iraq than Social Security
but it will come up. I sometimes think they are better informed on our
domestic issues than we are - they certainly will have some
provocative questions and I just hope the questions stimulate some
answers in my mind. What do you think? say@youngbloodconsulting.com
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2. Life Business™
- If you are cheap like me and love to be debt free, consider
having your aging car refurbished - upholstery, bodywork, dent
removal and touch up paint. It feels good to drive around in a car
in tiptop condition without spending $40 to $60 thousand.
- Learn to say no.
- Get rid of stuff you no longer (maybe never did) need. You will
feel lighter and less tense.
- Invite annoying people and events out of your life.
- Do it now! Go through that pile of papers; better yet take
action on each piece as it comes to you. Pick out your odious jobs
and do them - now.
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Personal Note:
I am leaving this week for Amsterdam and Norway for two weeks. If
you need to reach me, please send an email or leave a voice message at
520-795-7498. I will be working but will return calls in between
appointments and events - I will contact you as soon as possible -
Best, Sharon
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- Orlando, Florida
- Oslo, Norway
- San Francisco, CA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Amsterdam, Holland
- San Jose, California
- Tucson, AZ
- New York, NY
Contact
say@youngbloodconsulting.com for details.
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