…they age, they tend to be the ones who experienced a lot more success earlier in their lives. And it kind of makes sense. What goes up must come down. Look, if you don't do anything with your life, you won't know when it's over. But if you do a lot with your life and the party ends, you're going to notice the difference. That contrast is really hard to take. So we need secrets, even if we're strivers, even if we're doing a lot, to get happier. ◈ 23:40 .3 in this book is that to get happier as we age, we have to recognize that our natural strengths change, and we need to get from one success curve to the 2nd success curve. Early in life, we have a lot of what psychologists call fluid intelligence. Now that increases through your 20s and 30s. It increases faster if you work harder on it. But it decreases in your 40s and 50s. Fluid. The Next Big Idea Daily · source
