Growing old gets a bad rap, and it's not hard to see why. Your hair thins and your waist thickens. The shot clock ticks down on your career, and you realize, much to your dismay, that your youthful dreams of greatness — patents, prizes, and periodicals with your face on the cover — are unlikely to come true before the buzzer. And what do you see up ahead? A road sign. "Highway Ends. Last Exit: Retirement. One Mile." Retirement. Just a polite word for purposelessness. That's the cynic's view of aging, anyway. But does it have to be that way? Not according to Chip Conley ("Learning to Love Midlife"). He says midlife can be a period of renewal, hope, joy, and connection. If you're open to it. Are you?
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ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE: What It’s Doing to Our Kids—and to Us
FAILURE: The Science of Learning From Your Mistakes
HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)
HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things
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