Shownotes Transcript
Life includes many major culminating moments: we finish the big work project, receive the award, watch the kids leave home, go on the vacation, win the title, or enter retirement. These experiences can come with enormous fulfillment…for a while. And then, we might ask ourselves: Now what? Today Rick and Forrest explore that question, including how we can relate to the past, integrate learning, turn toward the future, and age well through life.
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Key Topics
1:15: Context for the episode.
4:20: Our culture’s constant focus on “what’s next?”
9:30: Cognitive bias, and the brain’s “anticipation machine.”
13:45: Developmental stages of life
17:40: Stages of integration and disintegration.
27:30: The opportunities of old age.
31:45: Rick’s reflections on aging.
35:15: Bowing to past selves.
41:40: Giving our full effort.
44:00: Being a mentor, and having things to care for.
47:45: Recap
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