We all reach a professional peak, after which our skills start to decline.  But for many, this decline begins much sooner than they expect.  Doctors and finance professionals peak in their late 30s, writers between 40 and 45, and scientists in their mid-40s. Accustomed to (and perhaps even addicted to) career success, many respond by working harder and putting in more hours, trying to stay at their best through brute force. The problem with this solution is that it doesn’t work. Decline is inevitable, and the hours spent slavishly chasing the next professional high prevent us from making the changes necessary to move to a new stage of life

In From Strength to Strength, Arthur Brooks provides a blueprint for transitioning from the hurried, frenetic pace of early career to a flourishing, more serene latter half of life. At once practical and inspiring, Brooks advice requires readers to reflect on where they’ve been and where they hope to end up.  Along the way, Brooks encourages readers to break their addiction to professional success, meditate on their deaths, and begin a spiritual quest that will redefine their priorities and capitalize on the strengths (and weaknesses) that come with the second half of life. A #1 New York Times Bestseller, From Strength to Strength will challenge you to examine your life and your priorities, helping you craft the legacy you want to leave and showing that life really can get better with age.