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Why your 60+ year old brain processes information differently (and better)
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Hello Reader, Your Body Already Knows What Your Mind Hasn't Named YetProfessional wisdom isn't just in your head—it's encoded in your nervous system through decades of pattern recognition. That gut feeling about a client situation or market shift? It's your body processing information faster than conscious thought. Your Body Knows How Lived Experience Becomes Strategic Business Intelligence explores how somatic markers and embodied cognition turn years of experience into reliable decision-making intelligence. This is the fourth article in the Engaged Epistemology Series—epistemology being the study of how we know what we know, and how different types of knowledge work. The topic sounds a bit woo, but it's legitimate neuroscience explaining why your experienced instincts often prove more accurate than purely analytical approaches. Read more here https://wisepreneurs.com.au/lived-experience-business-intelligence/ When a 74-Year-Old Doctor Discovers a Body System Medical School Never TaughtDr. Michael Best was my most recent guest on the Wisepreneurs Podcast. He stumbled into medicinal cannabis research during COVID. He was 74. Now at 80, he's writing a scientifically rigorous book while mastering AI tools, Obsidian, and Zotero—technologies that intimidate professionals half his age. His discovery that the endocannabinoid system (present in every human, ancient as dinosaurs) remains unknown to most doctors reveals how much professional education leaves out. More importantly, his journey demolishes myths about cognitive decline and technology adoption after 70. Listen to Michael Best on Career Reinvention, Cannabis Research, and Learning at 80 Your Health Agency Depends on Strategic KnowledgeAfter 60, understanding your own physiology becomes essential for maintaining the cognitive vitality and physical energy to pursue what matters to you—whether that's continued work, new projects, or simply living well. Taking Control Why Medical Knowledge Matters More Than Ever After 60 examines how accumulated life experience combines with targeted medical literacy to improve health outcomes. When you can translate symptoms into informed questions and evaluate medical advice against your embodied knowledge, you shift from passive patient to active partner in sustaining your capability and energy. Read more here: https://wisepreneurs.com.au/medical-knowledge-health-agency-after-60/ The pattern across all three? Your decades of professional and lived experience aren't depreciating assets. They're increasingly valuable strategic intelligence—if you know how to recognise, develop, and deploy them.explores how somatic markers and embodied cognition turn years of experience into instant strategic intelligence. This isn't mysticism—it's neuroscience explaining why your instincts often outperform spreadsheets. Cheers Nigel Rawlins | Wisepreneurs |
Strategic Intelligence Brief: Beyond Experience to Expertise
Weekly strategic insights for experienced professionals building independent careers. Transform decades of wisdom into competitive advantage. Every Tuesday: strategic frameworks, expert insights from 70+ conversations, and implementation challenges that position your experience as premium business intelligence.Stop competing on credentials. Start leveraging accumulated expertise.For professionals ready to convert wisdom into economic power
Hello Reader, Part 3 of the Engaged Epistemology Series - 3-minute read Where we are in the series: We’ve established that knowledge work is becoming relational (Part 1) and explored how to structure learning partnerships (Part 2). Now we tackle the economics: how does this actually make your work more valuable as a solo operator over 60? My late mentor Denis Hitchens, a brilliant marketing strategist, found himself increasingly frustrated. Project after project, he was applying the same...
Hello Reader, Building on last week's exploration of engaged epistemology Last week we explored how knowledge work is shifting from individual expertise to collaborative creation. This week: how to actually structure this approach for the problems that matter most. The Meta-Skill That Defines Expertise "Knowing what to do when you don't know what to do." This paradox captures what separates truly accomplished, dare I say grounded, professionals from those who simply apply formulaic frameworks...
Hello Reader, The Great Reframe: Why Your “Soft” Approach Is Actually Advanced Two major shifts are happening in the business world right now. First, AI is rapidly taking over consulting work that can be systematised—applying frameworks, analysing data, and generating recommendations based on best practices. Second, the problems organisations face are becoming more complex and unpredictable, requiring a different kind of thinking altogether. A Perfect Opportunity This creates a perfect storm...