Our Coaches are avid readers and when we come upon a book that has special impact, we like to share it with each other and our clients. Coach Doug Leland has all of us picking up Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, M.D.
Doug’s book notes…
For more than 20 years I’ve had a framed poster in my office that memorializes the deceptively simple and multi-meaning Nike tag line, “Just Do It.” For those of you with little time this morning, my message is simple: buy the book and “just do it.” If you have a few more moments to spare, read on and I’ll tell you why.
Chris Crowley, is a onetime New York City trial lawyer who not that long ago sported an extra 40 pounds from an eating, drinking exercise, and lifestyle regime one might suspect from such profession and place. Now in his mid-70’s, he attacks “black diamond” trails at Aspen and Stowe, bikes through the Rockies, has a health profile of someone 20 years his junior, and found time to write a New York Times Bestseller.
Henry (Harry) Lodge, a middle-aged internist in New York City, is Crowley’s doctor. Lodge is also board certified in gerontology. He happens to believe that people can live happy, healthy, active, and fully engaged lives right up to the very end. He has a practice full of patients that prove his point, to include Crowley who helped put this path to health success into words.
Crowley will tell you what you’re thinking and what to do. Lodge will tell you why, in biological terms and then encourage you to do it as well. There is no preaching, arm twisting, or guilt trips and nothing is taken to extremes. There are seven simple rules – that’s it. The book provides context, understanding, and encouragement for following the rules, which point the way to physical and emotional health. The last point is important. This book is about “all” of you, not just your body.
If you are over 30, you’ll get a lot from this book. If you’re in your 50’s and 60’s, you’ll really get a lot. If you’re in your 70’s and 80’s, you, too, will benefit. If you’re in your 90’s, as is Crowley’s mentor from his days in law, you’ll gain some satisfaction by understanding just how you made it into your tenth decade.
