The Second Half of Life written by the chairman of Bamford TV Company in the United States, I saw the introduction article in the magazine, and I have a deep feeling. I can buy it next week, so I will put some introductions on my blog first.
Banford creatively divides life into the first half and the second half. Before the age of 35 to 4, it was the first half. Some people hurried through college, fell in love, got married, started working, tried their best to climb up, accumulated wealth and lived a comfortable life. There are still many people who have experienced illness, divorce, frustration, alcoholism, lack of time to get along with their children, guilt and loneliness before entering the intermission. . . . . . Like many players, many good wishes were made at the beginning of the first half, but all the way down, the line of sight began to blur and lost direction.
No matter who it is, we need a break to reflect on what we did in the first half. Needless to say, a failed person, even a successful person, longs for something beyond success.
as we all know, the victory or defeat of a ball game depends on the second half, not the first half, and so does life. As the final game approaches, both physical strength and experience will tell us that we should adjust our rhythm and change our strategy. After all, there is still time to remedy the mistakes made in the first half. But if something goes wrong in the second half, it will be difficult to save the situation.
It doesn't mean that you stick to the goal and do nothing because you are afraid of failure, but live a wonderful life in another way. To be exact, right? Bring out your previously unknown potential.
in the first half, success is pursued, while in the second half, a meaningful journey is achieved. Bamford once commented that Peter Lynch, the fund manager, was the greatest fund manager before the age of 46, and he chose to retreat after the age of 46. "The second half is to regain control of life and do what you decide to do. Do you think it is easy for Peter Lynch to tell Fidelity colleagues that he will no longer manage the most profitable and popular funds for them? He can do it because he knows that if he loses his mastery of his career life, he will one day seriously damage other important aspects of his life. "
This is really the most enlightening text I have read recently. Combined with my own life, I suddenly found myself in the process of changing from the first half to the second half. Now I am in the intermission stage. This metaphor is really vivid.
in the first half, I really worked and studied as hard as the author wrote about himself, hoping to exchange wisdom for money and improve my family's financial situation. I'm glad that I really did it. Although I didn't mean to make my family rich, after all, I helped my parents through the most difficult stage. So that in their old age, they can no longer work hard and worry about money as they did in the first half of their lives, and they can spend a fairly happy old age with their pension in the house I bought them.
After the hard work, success and frustration in the first half, I finally got tired and chose a thorough rest. Originally, I thought I was lonely and frustrated, but I made a mistake. This is actually the intermission stage of my life. Fortunately, these days, I have read a lot of books, figured out what I used to be confused about in my life, understood the true meaning of how to do my favorite job, and finally figured out which direction I should go in the next ten years. What a worthwhile halftime in life, and I used to complain.
Now, I feel very happy, because I want to understand a lot of things that should be understood.