"What I've Learnt suggestions from British writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, age 77:

• Being tested is the key to resilience.
• Listening is more interesting than talking.
• Talk to people you don’t think you agree with.
• The secret of a long marriage is to marry somebody with very low expectations.
• Cultivate a passion, something that you love beyond your work.
• Grief is the price we pay for love.
• Resisting change makes you unhappy.
• You need to be a leaf on a tree.
• Isolation is one of the great perils of the world.
• Break the mirror.
• You have to keep going.

_{(by Stephen Armstrong; cf Bennett on Life (2000-03-09), Practical Productivity (2004-01-20), How to Succeed (2005-03-11), Retirement Mental Health Advice (2023-05-25), Eight Life Goals (2023-07-20), ...) - ^z - 2025-05-27}