If we have unlimited time to focus on ‘what matters to us most’, are leisurely intellectual pursuits, volunteering, or cultivating new skills in a non-urgent, low-stakes environment enough to give life meaning?

John Donahoe faced a situation somewhat similar to Eric’s when he stepped down as CEO of eBay in 2015: successful businessman, past age fifty, kids grown … What do you do next? John tackled this question by interviewing dozens of people who were older than him but had retained plenty of vitality, asking them how they had approached similar transiti

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