Should government jobs have mandatory retirement ages? Is it foolish to care about your legacy? And why did Jason always call Angela’s father “Dr. Lee”?

SOURCES:
- William Bridges, professor emeritus of American literature at Mills College, consultant, and author.
- Arthur Brooks, professor of leadership at Harvard University.
- Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and founder of the Carter Center.
- Erik Erikson, 20th-century psychoanalyst.
- Craig Fox, professor of management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.
- Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator from Utah.

RESOURCES:
- "Congress Today Is Older Than It's Ever Been," by Geoffrey Skelley (FiveThirtyEight, 2023).
- "America’s Bosses Just Won’t Quit. That Could Spell Trouble," (The Economist, 2023).
- "At What Age Is Your Brain the Sharpest?" by Kendra Cherry (Verywell Mind, 2023).
- "Mitt Romney Announces He Won’t Seek Reelection as He Calls for ‘New Generation of Leaders’," by Clare Foran (CNN, 2023).
- From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, by Arthur Brooks (2022).
- "Psychological Research on Retirement," by Mo Wang and Junqi Shi (Annual Review of Psychology, 2014).
- "Daniel Kahneman in Conversation with Craig Fox," (2004).
- "The Psychology of Life Stories," by Dan P. McAdams (Review of General Psychology, 2001).
- Childhood and Society, by Erik Erikson (1950).
- Bridges Transition Model.

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