What’s Next? Managing the Transition of Selling Your Business and Other Lifequakes with Bruce Feiler
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Feb 6, 2023 Bruce Feiler, author of seven New York Times bestsellers, discusses navigating life transitions and the importance of personal projects and community. They also explore strategies for managing major life transitions like selling a business and debunk myths about intergenerational wealth. Additionally, they reflect on facing challenges and finding balance in dream vacations.
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Nonlinear Life Is The New Normal
- Life rarely follows a linear path anymore and people face frequent disruptive events across adulthood.
- Bruce Feiler finds one disruptive event every 12–18 months and 3–5 major lifequakes per lifetime averaging five years each.
Use The Three-Phase Transition Map
- Recognize transitions have three phases: the long goodbye, the messy middle, and the new beginning.
- Name which phase you are in and use different strategies for grief, experimentation, and reinvention.
Name And Share Your Dominant Emotion
- Identify your dominant emotion (fear, sadness, or shame) during a wealth event and tell someone how you feel.
- Sharing feelings reduces isolation and helps find targeted support.