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Reinvent Yourself
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Reinvent Yourself

by Dr. Susan Kahn
February 2024
Beginner
272 pages
5h 30m
English
Kogan Page
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CHAPTER FIVE The age of reinvention

Age is a factor that can limit a person’s ability to embrace change. This could be because a person feels too young, or too old. We might hold in our minds the ‘right’ time to make a particular change, to take a career break, to retrain, to launch a business or to retire.

This chapter examines the notion of age, and challenges fixed views on when reinvention and new paths can be taken. The key ingredients are not linked to your biological age, but to your desire for change, your self-awareness, your willingness to learn.

The self-limiting belief that directs an individual to restrain themselves because of age is a negative view that can stunt growth and hinder development. We might imagine that we are lacking ...

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