SCOUT· 64%51m·2026-09-28·Mental Health4 Ways to Avoid Your Professional Decline
What happens when the abilities that brought you professional success start to decline? In this episode of Office Hours, I explore how our strengths change with age and how to be happier as they do. Drawing on my book From Strength to Strength, I explain fluid and crystallized intelligence and contrast how Darwin and…
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“Amazing episode. This is so “on point” with what I’m living. 36 years old, educated, achieved many successes, and now wondering what’s next. It’s hard to feel that you achieved most of your dreams, and then feel depressed and lost. Love you…”
“55, female, caregiver, working on a poorly paid university teaching contract. Single. What keeps me sane is going to mass, going for walks and listening to uplifting conversations on YT. Thank you Arthur ❤”
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