Forty OnwardThe Second Half
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Purpose

Purpose

Finding Purpose in Life: What the Research Measures, and How Purpose Is Built

Purpose is not a hidden object you locate. It is a measured trait, it can be raised, and the evidence behind it is stronger and narrower than the slogans suggest. What the scales ask, what the studies found, and where purpose attaches.

Purpose

What Is My Legacy? The Question Arrives at 45 for a Reason

Legacy is not the monument you leave or the money you leave. Two decades of Midlife in the United States data point at something smaller, harder and more ordinary, and they also show which way the relationship runs. Here is what actually transfers, and the order to build it in.

Purpose

Finding Purpose After 40 Without Blowing Up Your Life

Purpose is measurable, it predicts how long you live, and the standard advice to find your passion is the wrong instruction for a man at forty. A better method.

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