There's a deep irony to this exercise of deciding that you need to be less ambitious and want less. In the process of espousing a less ambitious path, you write a book. That's number one onthe etis. But for sure, i'm not made of stone, and it is kind of exciting, but at least i know the truth. And knowledge is power. I'm sort of metacognative about it. At least i'm not expecting what i can't get from it. Well, maybe we should share with listeners the sort the cor thesis of from strength to strength thereare two kinds of intelligence,. Ther two, two growth curves. Yes.
Arthur C. Brooks used to run a prominent think tank where he was paid handsomely to influence public policy. Did all that success make him happy? Nope. So Arthur quit his job and set out to transform his life. Now he has written a book about what he learned along the way, the #1 New York Times bestseller “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.”
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