From Strength To Strength (finding Success, Happiness And Deep Purpose In The Second Half Of Life)

By (author) Brooks Arthur C.
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

''In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change'' - The Dalai Lama

''This book is amazing'' - Chris Evans

''A valuable guide to finding new purpose and success in later life'' - Daily Mail

From the bestselling author and columnist behind The Atlantic’s popular ''How to Build a Life'' series, a guide to transforming the life changes we fear into a source of strength.

In the first half of life, ambitious strivers embrace a simple formula for success in work and life: focus single-mindedly, work tirelessly, sacrifice personally, and climb the ladder relentlessly.

It works. Until it doesn’t.

The second half of life is governed by different rules. In middle age, many strivers begin to find success coming harder and harder, rewards less satisfying, and family relationships withering. In response, they do what strivers always do: they double down on work in an attempt to outrun decline and weakness, and deny the changes that are becoming more and more obvious. The result is often anger, fear, and disappointment at a time in life that they imagined would be full of joy, fulfilment and pride.

It doesn’t have to be that way. In From Strength to Strength, happiness expert and bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks reveals a path to beating the ''striver’s curse.'' Drawing on science, classical philosophy, theology and history, he shares strategies for releasing old habits and forming new life practices, showing you how to:

- Kick the habits of workaholism, success addiction, and self-objectification
- Meditate on death – in order to beat fear and live well
- Start a spiritual adventure
- Embrace weakness in a way that turns it into strength.

Change in your life is inevitable, but suffering is not. From Strength to Strength shows you how to accept the gifts of the second half of life with grace, joy, and ever deepening purpose.

Table of contents:

Introduction: The Man on the Plane Who Changed My Life
Chapter 1: Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Chapter 2: The Second Curve
Chapter 3: Kick Your Success Addiction
Chapter 4: Start Chipping Away
Chapter 5: Ponder Your Death
Chapter 6: Cultivate Your Aspen Grove
Chapter 7: Start Your Vanaprastha
Chapter 8: Make Your Weakness Your Strength
Chapter 9: Cast into the Falling Tide
Conclusion: Seven Words to Remember

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change.

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A valuable guide to finding new purpose and success in later life.
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This book is amazing. We''ve all read it cover to cover. We couldn''t put it down.
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Brooks has amassed vast research on happiness... and filled the book with explanations and theories about brain function and its ups and downs through time.
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To the overachievers, success addicts, and tired strivers who are fairly confident you can’t keep it up forever but will try anyway - this book is for you. Arthur Brooks shows you it’s possible to build a life that really does get better with age.

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Arthur Brooks is one of my very favorite thinkers. Witty, wise, and insatiably curious, he is one of the few intellectuals who can reliably weave scientific research and everyday observations into what we all really need: succinct advice for a good life.

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