Henry Oliver Second Act (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Second ActCondition: NewRelease Date: 05/09/2024Format: HardbackSubtitle: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your LifeISBN-10: 1399813315EAN: 9781399813310ISBN: 9781399813310Publisher: John Murray OneDescription: "Henry Oliver is a rare talent: smart, funny and insightful. SECOND ACT showcases his wide reading, deep understanding and playful prose style. Read this book to discover why it's never too late for a second act in your own life."HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult WomenHave you ever dreamed that you might be far more successful than you are today? Our society tells us over and over that if we're going to achieve anything, we'd better do it while we're young. But whether you're at the start of your career, sensing you're on the wrong path, or feeling unsettled later in life, you're likely wondering just how to reinvent yourself? Have you left it too late?This book has answers. Late bloomers - individuals who experience significant success later in life - offer lessons for people who feel frustrated. This book encourages people to think about themselves as potential late bloomers and to discover and encourage and advocate for late blooming in others. After all, it's never too late to discover our hidden talents and our accomplish our goals - the road to success is never as straightforward as we are lead to believe. Julia Child didn't discover that she loved to cook until she was thirty-seven. Vera Wang started her design business at forty. And Michelangelo painted The Last Judgment in his sixties.This inspiring, passionate book combines wonderful storytellingwith fascinating new research, to shift expectations around our life trajectories. You'll discover a range of blueprints for self-reinvention, pairing the newest insights from psychology and neuroscience with late bloomers' remarkable life stories, from Penelope Fitzgerald to Samuel Johnson, from Frank Lloyd-Wright to Malcolm X.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 222mmItem Length: 138mmAuthor: Henry OliverGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Personal DevelopmentItem Width: 32mmItem Weight: 480gRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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