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Join the Revolution

What an adventure. Life just keeps getting better. We have been blessed with an extra three decades of active life. How are you going to spend it? The possibilities are endless -- once you make the decision to start Growing Bolder. So, what have we been up to this week? Click on my picture for an Insiders' Update.

Kickboxing Grannies

Not everyone is willing to age gracefully! We found a group of grandmothers doing something a little bit different. They're learning to fight to keep their vitality. But is sparring, punching and kicking the way to a happy, healthy life? Wait until you see these women in action and find out for yourself how slugging it out has changed a lot more than just their attitudes! These are grandmas you don't want to run into in a dark alley!

GBTV: Behind the Scenes as We Build the Biz

This Week's Episode: GB Radio

The Growing Bolder Radio Show is recorded every week inside the Clear Channel Studios of
our flagship station, 540 AM WFLA in Orlando. Get an inside look as Marc, Bill, Producer Jill and Radio
Rob bring America's most interesting and inspiring guests to the GB microphones.

You can listen to the show every Sunday on WFLA from 4 to 5 p.m. If you live in the West Palm Beach area, the show airs from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 3 p.m. Monday on 1230 AM WBZT.

GB Radio

She's "One Tough Mother." You've seen 83-year-old Gert Boyle on national TV ads. Gert is a corporate
icon -- the chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear, the $1.3 billion public company. Gert is a role model for
us all. No mountain is too high for her to climb. Fearless and energetic, she took over the company and built an empire when her husband died suddenly years ago.

GB Guru Spotlight

Our Growing Bolder Gurus are here with helpful advice that can change your life. Lisa Maile has valuable tips on how to project confidence and success. Want to freshen up your image without breaking the bank on a whole new wardrobe? Let Lisa show you how. Maybe you've seen her on "Hard Copy," "Geraldo," "The John Walsh Show" or "What Not to Wear." She's worked with Hollywood stars like Mandy Moore, Michael Winslow ("Police Academy") and Arielle Kebbel ("Gilmore Girls") and now, through Growing Bolder, she can help you, too. You don't have to spend like a movie star to look like one!

GB Staff Profile

Cracking the Code

In the old days, no one wanted to be called a geek or a nerd. Today, they're the cool guys -- the ones with all the money, the fast cars and the pretty girls. In this Insiders' edition of GB TV, meet some of the team working around the clock (with a litle help from Rock Star, Red Bull and Mountain Dew) to build GrowingBolder.com.

In the next Growing Bolder Insider: Car Czar Robert Lutz, who was forced to retire from the automotive industry at 65, is now 75 and more powerful than ever. He's a top exec at GM and leading the company's push for greener cars. Plus, do you know how to Beat the Box? Find out why grandma and grandpa got game when it comes to the latest video games. Not yet an Insider? Use the email box below to sign up now. Like the Insider? Use the Send to a Friend link at the top of the page and tell your friends and family to sign up at www.growingbolder.com so they can be a GB Insider, too!

Deep Thoughts

"Fortune favors the bold."

-- Roman poet and author Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)

A Look Back

Aug. 13, 1899
-- Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock is born. He would soon be scaring audiences with his suspenseful, psychological thrillers, such as Psycho, The Birds and Rear Window.

Aug. 15, 1969
-- Get your groove on and get muddy. Woodstock, a three-day, generation-changing rock festival kicks off in Bethel, N.Y., drawing hundreds of thousands of music fans and performers like Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Aug. 16, 1977
-- The King is dead. Rock's first superstar Elvis Presley dies at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Thousands of grieving fans flock to the mansion and a million conspiracy theories about his death are launched.

Aug. 17, 1877
-- William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, fatally shoots his first victim. The man, an Arizona blacksmith, dies the next day. Bonney would later claim to kill 21 men in his short life. Others put the number closer to nine.

Aug. 18, 1977
-- Gordon Sumner -- who the world would soon know as Sting -- Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers give their first performance as The Police at a nightclub in Birmingham, England.