Ill Literacy, Episode 58: From Strength to Strength (Guest: Arthur C. Brooks)




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Summary: <div class="textLayer"> <span>In Episode 58 of </span><span>Ill Literacy</span><span>, Tim Benson talks with Arthur C. Brooks, author of</span><span> </span><span>From </span><span>Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second </span><span>Half of Life</span><span>.'</span> </div> <div class="textLayer"> <br> <span>Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Arthur C. Brooks, the William Henry Bloomberg </span><span>Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, </span><span>Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, and former </span><span>president of the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss </span><span>From Strength to </span><span>Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life</span><span>.</span> </div> <div class="textLayer"> <br> <span>They chat about beating the striver’s curse, fighting success addiction and </span><span>workaholism, the inevitable decline in our skills, how to form new and healthy life </span><span>practices in middle age, and whether the Dalai Lama has seen </span><span>Caddyshack </span><span>yet. </span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>Get the book here: </span><span>https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646134/from-</span><span>strength-to-strength-by-arthur-c-brooks/hardcover/</span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>Show Notes:</span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>American Enterprise Institute: “‘From Strength to Strength:’ AEI President Emeritus </span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>Arthur Brooks discusses his new book” (VIDEO)</span><span> https://www.aei.org/events/from-strength-to-strength-aei-president-emeritus-arthur-</span><span>brooks-discusses-his-new-book/</span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>The Atlantic</span><span>: Arthur C. Brooks – “Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner </span><span>Than You Think”</span><span> https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/work-peak-professional-</span><span>decline/590650/</span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>Business Insider</span><span>: Jonathan A. Knee – “Wall Streeters peak between 36 and 40, </span><span>according to a Harvard social scientist. Here's what they forget to plan for in the </span><span>second half of their lives.”</span><br> <span>https://www.businessinsider.com/book-review-strength-to-strength-by-arthur-</span><span>brooks-2022-2</span><br>  </div> <div class="textLayer"> <span>Penguin Random House: “In Conversation: Arthur C. Brooks (FROM STRENGTH TO </span><span>STRENGTH) &amp; Gretchen Rubin” (VIDEO)</span><span> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBaSfzI5AUU</span> </div> <div class="annotationLayer"> </div>