Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your L

Description: Second Act by Henry Oliver Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description It is never too late to change your life. This fiercely intelligent overview of late-onset success will inspire you to reinvent yourself and live the life you deserve. Publisher Description "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 its never too late for a second act in your own life."HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women Have you ever dreamed that you might be far more successful than you are today? Our society tells us over and over that if were going to achieve anything, wed better do it while were young. But whether youre at the start of your career, sensing youre on the wrong path, or feeling unsettled later in life, youre 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, its 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 didnt 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. Youll 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. Author Biography Henry Oliver studied English at the University of Oxford, Law at BPP College, and Biography at the University of Buckingham. After a period as a Parliamentary researcher, he spent a decade as a global brand researcher and consultant in talent attraction. He consulted widely with all kinds of organisations, from tech start-ups and specialist auditors to FTSE 100 retailers and Fortune 500 banks. His clients were senior executives in HR, talent attraction, and marketing. In 2022 he was awarded an Emergent Ventures grant by the prominent economist and thinker Tyler Cowen to fund a book about late bloomers and talent. His blog, The Common Reader, has five thousand subscribers and was named by Helen Lewis as one of her favourite Substacks. Details ISBN 1399813315 ISBN-13 9781399813310 Title Second Act Author Henry Oliver Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 368 Publisher John Murray Press GE_Item_ID:159967494; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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