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Jan 2024
29m 27s

Making Peace with Your Midlife, Mid-care...

Harvard Business Review
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Research shows that happiness bottoms out for people in their mid to late 40s. We might struggle with mid-career slumps, caring for both children and aging parents, and existential questions about whether everything has turned out as we'd planned. But Chip Conley says we can approach this phase of our personal and profesional lives with a different perspecti ... Show More
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