Physical death is compared to professional death in this chapter to highlight that one can, and indeed, should, be reborn after professional death.Ĭhapter 6 compares how trees build huge interconnected systems with their roots to how people are connected to one another in similar ways. You’ll learn about losing your self-identity because of a compulsion to succeed, and how it destroys your relationships.Ĭhapter 4 is about getting rid of stuff that doesn’t add value to your life and keeping the things that do in order to create a new life around them.Ĭhapter 5 explores the idea of death and how it affects an individual’s perception and changes their priorities for the better. Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You ThinkĬhapter 1 discusses a decline in career and what is behind it as well as how to approach it positively so as to turn it into an opportunity rather than a failure.Ĭhapter 2 describes a “second curve” in your life when you start a new vocation and lifestyle, which adds meaning to the second half of your life and makes you happier and more satisfied than ever before.Ĭhapter 3 describes how success is an addiction and what workaholism is. Introduction describes the “striver’s curse” and how people gradually become aware of how their abilities start to fade. Despite each chapter’s value on its own, it is far more powerful to read them one after another. There are nine chapters in this book, as well as an introduction and conclusion.

In this book, every word and recommendation are derived from science, philosophy, theology, and history in order to help you how to break free from old habits and reinvent yourself But it also offers numerous examples of how inevitable changes in the lives of great people were new beginnings that did not necessarily involve suffering. As abilities diminish and careers end, it is natural to feel hard feelings, and this book acknowledges this and provides advice on how to cope with them. In this book, the author explains how the end of your career is a perfect time to start a new career and step on the second curve of happiness and satisfaction.

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