Post by 4aapl on May 28, 2022 8:18:45 GMT -8
"finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life"
Sounds great! A lot of this book focused on people having more fluid intelligence (figuring things out or creating new things) early in life, and crystalline intelligence (based on learned knowledge) later in life. Due to this, the productivity in jobs varies over the years, though it depends on the job. Some would peak earlier, some would peak later. In most cases, this book suggests migrating from a job where you peak in one area first, and then to one where you excel later on.
The author was the CEO of a Think Tank later on, before quitting to look for happiness. He often assumes similar people are who are reading the book, and also that the reader is really looking for knowledge and change via followthru.
The Hindu philosophy of 4 life stages was a different take on the matter, as roughly youth/learning, earning/accumulating, retiring/teaching, and enlightenment. That jibes with a lot of change that I have had and see over the years, basically of people wanting to pass along their knowledge that has been cultivated over their lives.
From all of this, the underlying principle is that change happens in your life and in you. His intro and conclusion hit on overhearing a previously famous person in an airplane, frustrated with not being at the former status, but the same can be true of any person too hung up on their glory days, even if most of us weren't athletes at the olympic or pro level (though he mentions them several times), or at the very top of big companies. But the point is that there are different strengths at different times in life, and realizing that you aren't as good at one thing anymore but you have more strength in a different area is important for those striving to maximize their output (that seemed to be his point, coming from a CEO level) or just understand life's changes while looking for satisfaction.
Not exactly a stock or finance book directly, but still pretty good.
Sounds great! A lot of this book focused on people having more fluid intelligence (figuring things out or creating new things) early in life, and crystalline intelligence (based on learned knowledge) later in life. Due to this, the productivity in jobs varies over the years, though it depends on the job. Some would peak earlier, some would peak later. In most cases, this book suggests migrating from a job where you peak in one area first, and then to one where you excel later on.
The author was the CEO of a Think Tank later on, before quitting to look for happiness. He often assumes similar people are who are reading the book, and also that the reader is really looking for knowledge and change via followthru.
The Hindu philosophy of 4 life stages was a different take on the matter, as roughly youth/learning, earning/accumulating, retiring/teaching, and enlightenment. That jibes with a lot of change that I have had and see over the years, basically of people wanting to pass along their knowledge that has been cultivated over their lives.
From all of this, the underlying principle is that change happens in your life and in you. His intro and conclusion hit on overhearing a previously famous person in an airplane, frustrated with not being at the former status, but the same can be true of any person too hung up on their glory days, even if most of us weren't athletes at the olympic or pro level (though he mentions them several times), or at the very top of big companies. But the point is that there are different strengths at different times in life, and realizing that you aren't as good at one thing anymore but you have more strength in a different area is important for those striving to maximize their output (that seemed to be his point, coming from a CEO level) or just understand life's changes while looking for satisfaction.
Not exactly a stock or finance book directly, but still pretty good.