Jimmy Carter On Virtues of Aging and Retirement

Jimmy Carter was in his fifties when he retired from the Presidency, he had many productive years left. How did Jimmy Carter plan to live out his retirement?

What are his reflections on the Virtues of Aging?

Who exactly is old? How can you find meaning in retirement?

How do you stay healthy and active in retirement?

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Jimmy Carter reflects on:
• Growing up in Plains, Georgia under Jim Crow, and the Virtues of Aging.
• Jimmy Carter’s service in the nuclear submarine program of the Navy.
• Jimmy Carter and civil rights, Iran hostage crisis, Mariel boat lift, SALT II nuclear arms treaty, Panama Canal Treaty
• Social Security Act and retirement.
• His campaigning for the President in 1976 as a dark horse underdog candidate.
• Jimmy Carter and the Camp David peace negotiations with Menachim Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
• How Jimmy Carter formed the Carter Center after his Presidency.
• Become involved with Rotary, NSCA or National Senior Service Corps, Stitch, and divorce support groups.
• Three Cures for Aging: diet, including DASH diet, exercise, and sleep.
• Wisdom on aging by Confucius.

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"Very inspiring and worth learning from him. How to age gracefully in retired life, as he mentioned, is remarkable and scalable. He was a distinguished public servant and statesman.His work and love formulea is very insightful.RIP."