Here’s one more followup on New York Times columnist David Brooks’s project to collect stories from folks older than 70, a series he’s calling “The Life Report” …
Brooks has synthesized the lessons offered by the life stories/essays he 
received:
- Divide your life into chapters.
- Beware rumination.
- You can’t control other people.
- Lean toward risk.
- Measure people by their growth rate, not by their talents.
- Be aware of the generational bias.
- Work within institutions or crafts, not outside them.
- People get better at the art of living.
You can read Brooks’s full elaboration on these lessons here.