There is nothing better in life than constant learning, hence I always refused to label myself as an expert in such and such, even if I could never stop other people from labeling me this way. I not only openly changed fields from music, painting, ballet, foreign languages, engineering and finally medicine, but even…… Continue reading Between Greed and Fear
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The trials of life
Centenarians are masters of survival – they successfully go through all trials of life. They don’t usually have perfect lives – they’ve been through good times and bad times. Many centenarians that I met in my medical practice have been war prisoners for many years. They survived their lifetime partner and sometimes their children too.…… Continue reading The trials of life
The entrepreneurial spirit and longevity
I live and work in Eastern Europe, a place where the entrepreneurial spirit was silenced for many decades during the Communist regime. The centenarians I see during my medical praxis were employees for most of their lives – they didn’t have a chance to develop a formal enterprise; that would have been frowned upon by…… Continue reading The entrepreneurial spirit and longevity