Second Acts

would be a shame for you to spend time and effort on a dream

Or, you can move on to the next chapter. You can take the leap of faith. You can step up to the plate. You can come out from behind the curtain to take center stage in your Second Act. I need to warn you: Your dream life will no longer be perfect. You’ll be faced with having to make choices and compromises and sacrifices in order to reach your goals. But in the end, your dream life will be real.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Well, you’ve just tripled your life.
It might sound crazy, but believe me,

I think the best way to do that is to reduce it to its essential elements. It’s a process I call dream distillation.

The notion that the youth culture is the only artistic culture is nonsense. Inspiration can be drawn from every stage in life and from every economic circumstance.

would be terrible to dedicate yourself to a path that’s a reaction to your current circumstances rather than a deeply held desire.

Your dream life magically has all the things lacking in your day-to-day life, and, incredibly, has none of the difficulties you face in your real world: “If we’d have moved to the country rather than stayed in the city, my marriage would be better,

Whether you’ve a full blueprint of your dream or just a vague notion, to launch the Second Act that will make it a reality, you need to define it clearly and simply. I think the best way to do that is to reduce it to its essential elements. It’s a process I call dream distillation.

you may have an abstract sense of what you want. Maybe it’s less a matter of what you want than what you don’t want.

Others don’t have a fully developed dream.