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AGING LEADERS
Bad Boss Over Age 70?
It’s a symptom of “Founder’s Syndrome”. It seems like the only option is a natural remedy…
What a world we live in.
Most of us don’t think we’ll ever be able to retire.
But some people —politicians, CEOs, the odd billionaire —don’t want to retire.
To a person, they make terrible decisions. And the suffering they’ve presided over is horrific.
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was born the year the U.S. entered the second World War. At 84, Pelosi was just re-elected for her 20th term in office. A week ago, while visiting a World War II battle site in Luxembourg and wearing “very high heels,” Pelosi fell and broke her hip. She reportedly posed for pictures following the fall, then was rushed to emergency hip replacement surgery, and is now recovering at home in San Francisco.
Mitch McConnell, age 82, is the longest-serving Senator from his home state of Kentucky. He has experienced several falls, and is well-known for “freezing” on camera. Physicians have described McConnell’s…
