In the next 24 hours, another 20,000 Americans will reach their late 40s, 50s or 60s. Over the next two decades, more than 125 million people will navigate this stage of life. Not only is this the largest generation in the history of the world — it is also the most highly educated. Through the miracles of modern medicine, we will live longer than any population before us. Yet at a time of life when we were supposed to have it made, we face unprecedented uncertainties.
In recent years, careers have been disrupted, homes lost and nest eggs devastated in the Great Recession. Many Americans have grown fearful, restless or burned out in their current jobs or businesses. Still others have unexpectedly “flunked retirement,” finding the so-called “golden years” increasingly unaffordable or mind-numbingly boring.
As the average life span expands into the 80s and perhaps beyond, as personal needs, interests and passions shift, we will need ways to transform our thinking, to leverage our full potential, and to reinvent our work and our futures.
In a paradigm-shattering new special, Mark Walton, a Peabody Award-winning former CNN Senior Correspondent and Anchor, offers an exciting, original blueprint for transforming our brains, unleashing our talents, and re-inventing our work, from late 40s to mid-70s and even beyond.
Walton, author of the new book "Boundless Potential" (McGraw-Hill, 2012) and, for the past two decades, a Fortune 100 executive educator, provides practical advice, clear direction and real-world inspiration based on his seven years of research into remarkably re-inventive men and women, as well as the latest breakthroughs in brain science, psychology, human performance, creativity and happiness.
Through compelling discussion, fascinating interviews, and revealing personal profiles, Walton explores the three life-altering discoveries he made while crisscrossing America.
"Boundless Potential" is on Facebook.
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