The point isn’t that sixty is the new forty. The point is that sixty is the new sixty, and there’s a new way to be sixty.

The best boards contain a diverse group of people, each of whom plays a different role: a committed listener, who holds up the mirror; a catalyst, who helps you get outside your comfort zone; a connector, who plugs you into other resources, people, and learning opportunities; a task master or trainer, who holds you accountable for doing what you

Visit organizations that give you insights into the field you’re interested in. Volunteer to spend time in a place where the choice you’re interested in is being played out. Shadow someone who is doing what you think you might want to do. Then record your reactions to these investigations in your journal.

What Is a Trigger? Another word for a trigger is a wake-up call—a conscious choice or an external event that disrupts the comfortable status quo of our lives. It’s a moment when the game changes, and we have to adapt to the new game.

Reflect: A call to pause before you start the journey and then at various steps along the way, understanding that change and choice occur from the inside out. Connect: A step where you request feedback and counsel from trusted friends and guides, recognizing that isolation is fatal—no one should make this journey alone. Explore: A beginning of the

The reality is, you find the path by starting to walk the path.

the formula for exploration. The formula is: G + P + V. G stands for gifts. It’s where you should begin when you’re exploring a choice, a change, or a possibility. What are your strengths? How can you explore using them? P stands for passion. Ask yourself, “What do I care about?” “What needs doing in the world—or in my community?” Consider putting

The point is to examine that story and then to use it to reimagine what’s possible going forward—to use the threads that are the through-lines of your past to weave a new story for the future.

Time is your most valuable currency. Are you satisfied with how you’re spending your time? Your life? When was the last time you went to sleep at night, content with the feeling that “this was a well-spent day”? When was the last time you got up in the morning, clear about how you wanted to spend your day?