E24 - PIBYR: Forget the Ladder: Why Midlife Is the Ultimate Growth Program

What if midlife isn’t a crisis — but the ultimate leadership accelerator?

In this episode of Play It by Your Rules, I sit down with Aneace Haddad — global nomad, tech-entrepreneur-turned-coach, and author of Soaring Beyond Midlife — to explore why your 40s, 50s, and 60s might just be your most powerful chapter yet.

We dive into:
🔹 Why AI is a midlife advantage — and how experience + AI = rocket fuel.
🔹 The radical reframe: 50 is the midpoint, not the end — with two-thirds of your career still ahead.
🔹 Legacy as presence — creating moments now that echo for decades.
🔹 Why answers are cheap, but questions are priceless in the age of AI.
🔹 The neuroscience of midlife: slowing in some areas, but gaining a new superpower — comfort with paradox.

✨ Practical takeaways you can try today:
1️⃣ Name one identity you’re ready to release — and notice what expands when you do.
2️⃣ Swap “having the answers” for asking better questions.
3️⃣ Try the 100-Year Prompt: journal for 5 minutes on who you are at 100 — then choose one tiny step your future self would be proud of today.

This episode is for anyone in midlife — or approaching it — who’s felt doubt creeping in. Too late, too slow, too stuck. It’s here to flip that script and remind you: midlife can be your most expansive chapter yet.

🔗 Explore Aneace’s work:
💻 aneace.com
📖 Soaring Beyond Midlife: The Surprisingly Natural Emergence of Leadership Superpowers in Life's Second Half → Get the book

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