Category: Purpose & Intention
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IntroductionOn Élan Vital, Aporia, & Feeling StuckPsychological EntropyOn Élan VitalHave the Discipline for TransformationInterest as Purpose ReinventedAdvantage, CapacityReinvention: It’s Not What You ThinkConclusion & Key Takeaways Introduction We hear it all the time: When we get to a certain age, the central insight is always the same: “stay active.” That advice is like a cup…
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Introduction Status anxiety is that quiet, persistent hum in the background of our lives. It’s the fear that we aren’t measuring up, that we’re falling behind, or that others see us as failures because we don’t have the right job, car, house, or lifestyle. It’s disguised coercion because the drawing of invidious comparisons doesn’t feel…
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IntroductionFear of Irrelevance as Status ThreatResponding Without PanicFrom Relevance to IntegrationSelf-Transcendence via IkigaiConclusion & Key Takeaways Introduction When the amygdala interprets a shift in social value as a threat to survival, panic often emerges. Many adults—Gen X and older—have experienced it at some point in their lives: They wake up one day only to find…
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Introduction Guilt is the uncomfortable certainty that we are not all that we could have been. This means the time that passes belongs to death. Adults over age 45 should be aware of this, because here’s another fact: Guilt holds its sermons in silence, in the brooding, morose miasma of rumination. This suggests that the…