If people lived forever, they would probably take forever to get anything done. Don't curse your competitors, thank them. They are the reason for your constant improvement. Optimists age like wine. Pessimists age like milk.
Ignorance is the fertilizer that makes prejudice grow.
Successful retirement depends on what you retire to, not from. Sometimes our failures are due to absent-mindedness. We forget that we can do anything we put our mind to. Effective leaders excel at telling us what is possible. Ineffective leaders excel at telling us what is not.