Hello, world, and happy holidays to you and yours from the Discover Your Talent podcast team.

Our gift to you this week is three encore interviews of some of the most popular shows. We hope you enjoy them,

and we look forward to sharing the journeys of more fascinating guests in the coming year.

I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Larry Minnicks. Welcome, Larry. Good to be with you, Don.

Thank you, sir. It's nice to have you on the show. A few words about Larry Minnicks and his career.

Larry Minnix has been a leader in the nonprofit aging services field since 1973.

He was associated with the Wesleywood Center of Emory University for 28 years. The last decade is CEO.

He then became CEO of Leading Age for 15 years. Leading Age has been the

trusted voice for aging in America since 1961, representing over 6,000 nonprofit organizations.

Larry has received numerous national awards for leadership by the National Council of Aging and others,

and Leading Age named their leadership academy after him to honor

his retirement in 2015. He has three degrees from Emory University. He is an ordained United Methodist

clergy, the author of numerous articles and speaks and consults on long-term care issues around

the country. So, Larry, that's a summary of your career. Today's topic is you being

the expert is a fascinating headline, the smoldering embers of a fiery youth aging with the right

attitude. And based on a book you're working on, so take the stage and set up the topic since you've

been in this field for many, many years now,

and you have a perspective on it that's unique to say the least.

Well, sure.

I have been attracted to older people, the aging process throughout my life.

I think it's because of close relationships I had with elders in my family,

especially my grandmother on my mother's side and my grandfather on my

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