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From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks

  Last week I finished reading  From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life   by  Arthur C. Brooks. This book can be helpful for people who are currently doing okay but are concerned with getting into so-called midlife crisis or going through it in the second wave of life.  The author talks about two kinds of intelligences. Intelligence as we know is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.  Crystalized intelligence  represents facts and past experiences which does not decline with age.  Fluid intelligence  represents the ability to learn new procedures, behaviors and it declines with age. The author prepares a model where he says with age and time, we should be moving from utilizing fluid intelligence to crystalized intelligence more.  The author talks about 3 forces holding us back -  Addicted to work/success Attac...