Welcome to Three Things with Rick Elias, featuring fascinating conversations with some of the world's most insightful people and three inspiring life lessons at the end of every episode.

Today, we welcome back Marshall Roush, one of Rick's closest friends who just turned 100 years old.

If you're a subscriber to Three Things, you may remember Marshall as the Jewish Santa Claus,

or the man who started a new business at 93 years old.

If you haven't listened to that episode from 2018 about living a longer, happier life,

you should definitely go back and listen now.

It's one of our most downloaded episodes of all time.

In this episode, Marshall shares about what it's been like to watch the world change over

100 years, what he's learned about love, loss, and gratitude, and how he still maintains

his famous mindset of always planning for the future. This is Three Things with Marshall

Roush.

Today on the podcast we have a repeat guest. My dear, dear, dear friend, Marshall Roush actually turned a hundred.

So good to have you back.

What was it like to turn 100, Marshall?

What did you feel that you, was it unique?

I didn't think it would be, but it is.

So many people refer to it and talk to me about it.

It's real interesting to all my friends, because not many people get to be 100.

I didn't think it was something that I would be emotional about.

However, when we had my birthday party, family only, I spoke to them about how important religion is and how important

family is and how important friends are.

Fortunately, I've had all of them.

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