What’s Next? Managing the Transition of Selling Your Business and Other Lifequakes with Bruce Feiler
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Feb 6, 2023 Bruce Feiler, author of seven New York Times bestsellers, discusses navigating life transitions and the importance of personal projects and community. They also explore strategies for managing major life transitions like selling a business and debunk myths about intergenerational wealth. Additionally, they reflect on facing challenges and finding balance in dream vacations.
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Nonlinear Life Is The New Normal
- Life rarely follows a linear path anymore and people face frequent disruptive events across adulthood.
- Bruce Feiler finds one disruptive event every 12–18 months and 3–5 major lifequakes per lifetime averaging five years each.
Pile-Up Of Personal Crises Sparked The Research
- Bruce Feiler recounts back-to-back life crises: cancer, financial trouble, and his father's severe depression.
- Those pile-ups drove him to collect hundreds of life stories and study transitions.
Use The Three-Phase Transition Map
- Recognize transitions have three phases: the long goodbye, the messy middle, and the new beginning.
- Name which phase you are in and use different strategies for grief, experimentation, and reinvention.