From Strength to Strength

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• gregorymichael · May 28, 2024 · Recommends

  Check out the book From Strength To Strength by Arthur Brooks. It’s a bit of a mid-life crisis book that addresses this. In short: develop hobbies, invest in friends/community, explore spiritually.

  on “Ask HN: What would you spend your time working on if you didn't need money?” ↗
• hamburglar · Nov 6, 2025 · Recommends

  There’s a great book by Arthur Brooks called From Strength to Strength which has a slightly different take on “reality minus expectations”: think of it as a fraction, where what you have is the numerator and what you want is the denominator. If you keep ratcheting up what…

  on “Why aren't smart people happier?” ↗
• physicles · Sep 20, 2022 · Recommends

  From Strength to Strength, by Arthur C Brooks. I heard about it from Sam Harris’s recent interview with Brooks. Focuses on the very practical nuts and bolts of growing old, what that means for you in all aspects, and how to capitalize…

  on “Ask HN: Activity and reading to move through mid-life crisis?” ↗
• yef · Jan 10, 2023 · Recommends

  You might find the concept of Ikigai interesting. Also, Arthur C. Brooks recently wrote a book, From Strength to Strength. I think his audience skews slightly older than you, but it's about how people find meaningful second careers by leveraging the wisdom they have gained in their first career. Just my opinion, but there…

  on “How did you find meaning in life after “making it”?” ↗
• tpool · Jan 10, 2023 · Recommends

  I’ve felt this too in my 40s. I generally don’t recommend books that might be considered self-help, but a recent book by Arthur Brooks called “From Strength to Strength” was really helpful for me to understand what’s happening to me, and how to embrace the use of crystallized intelligence in my later career. If that doesn’t interest you, you can find some interviews…

  on “Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder” ↗
• noveltyaccount · Apr 14, 2022 · Mentions

  I'm currently reading the book From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks and it is really hitting home. I identify with everything you say, perhaps not as strongly, but I've chased success and achievement my whole life. And now, in my early forties, I'm…

  on “Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost” ↗