Midlife Crisis? Why Life After 50 Could Be Your Best Years Yet | Chip Conley
Mark Hyman
Oct 23, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Master transitional intelligence to navigate life changes
A key skill for navigating life is developing your 'transitional intelligence' (TQ), which is the ability to master the three stages of any transition: the ending, the messy middle, and the new beginning.
Shift aging mindset to gain seven and a half years
Shifting your mindset on aging from negative to positive can add seven and a half years to your life, which is more than you would gain if you quit smoking.
Transform midlife into a chrysalis for growth and happiness
Instead of a crisis, midlife should be viewed as a chrysalis—a time for metamorphosis and transformation, after which happiness levels tend to increase with each decade.
Redefine midlife as a 40-year journey from 35 to 75
Many sociologists now believe that midlife is a 40-year span from age 35 to 75, acting as a bridge between early and later adulthood.
Edit your life in the second half for greater fulfillment
The first half of life is about accumulating, while the second half is about editing, where you begin to shed things that no longer serve you.
Maintain a weekly wisdom journal to cultivate insights
A powerful practice is to keep a weekly wisdom journal, writing down painful lessons and asking how they will serve you in the future to accelerate the cultivation of wisdom.
Leverage anticipated regret to inspire action
Anticipated regret is a form of wisdom that can be used as a catalyst for action by asking yourself what you will regret not learning or doing 10 years from now.
Witness moral beauty to experience profound awe
The number one pathway to experiencing awe is not nature but moral beauty, which is witnessing kindness, courage, or compassion in another person.
Eliminate zombie cells with Qualia Senolytic formula
A formula called Qualia Senolytic combines nine vegan ingredients to help the body eliminate senescent cells, also known as 'zombie cells,' which accumulate with age.
Take all seven forms of magnesium to combat deficiency
To effectively combat magnesium deficiency, which impacts sleep and stress, it's important to take a supplement like Magnesium Breakthrough that contains all seven essential forms of the mineral.
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