Deepak Jayaraman

Midlife has traditionally been described as the passage of play between the forties and fifties but given that we live longer, and that our lives are getting more complex and non-linear, some of the phenomena that are typically attributed to midlife could possibly be felt by people in their thirties and sixties. It is that phase where we are at least about five to ten years into our working life and have five to ten years of working life ahead of us.

Home > News> Talking Point > How to invent your life and career during a life quake While each individual’s journey is unique, the four domains we need to look at are self, home, work and community /news/talking-point/how-to-invent-your-life-and-career-during-a-life-quake-111653812078380.html 111653812078380 story A host of terms have been used to describe the pandemic—black swan, shock—but I prefer the term “life quake”, coined by author Bruce Feiler.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project.