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“No one helped anyone through liminality. Today, however, there are resources to help you. A good example is the Modern Elder Academy, started by Chip Conley.”
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
“There are four learning steps in becoming a “modern elder”: evolve from a fixed to a growth mindset, learn openness to new things, collaborate with teams, and counsel others.”
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
“When you are honest and humble about your weaknesses, you will be more comfortable in your own skin. When you use your weaknesses to connect with others, love in your life will grow. And finally—finally—you will be able to relax without worrying about being exposed as less than people think you are. To share your weakness without caring what others think is a kind of superpower.”
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
“Joe Mansueto, founder of Morningstar, put it, “Your success as a manager is simply the result of how good you are at hiring the people around you.”
― Who: The A Method for Hiring
― Who: The A Method for Hiring
“That means thinking more about what you really want now and less about what you wanted in the past; lowering your expectations about monetary compensation; and worrying less about whether it will look to someone else like a step down in prestige or not using your past experience and skills in the most obvious way. In other words, you might just go from running a hedge fund to teaching middle school history. And that is great.”
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
― From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
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