What actually matters in your 40s

Whether you're approaching 40, living it, or reflecting on it, this video provides a roadmap for making your most intentional, integrated, and impactful decade yet. 🎯

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TIMESTAMP

0:00 - Introduction

1:17 - Chapter 1: "Time Scarcity As Liberation"

2:35 - Chapter 2: "The "Enough" Principle"

4:06 - Chapter 3: "Energy Management Revolution"

7:04 - Chapter 4: "The Art Of Strategic No"

8:27 - Chapter 5: "Peak Earning Strategy"

10:05 - Chapter 6: "Health As Future Investment"

11:23 - Chapter 7: "Relationship Intentionality"

12:41 - Chapter 8: "The Wisdom Premium”

13:57 - Chapter 9: "Emotional Intelligence Advantage"

15:06 - Chapter 10: “Legacy Consciousness”

💡📚 Below is a curated list of books and research papers that further explore some of the concepts discussed in this video. (some links are affiliate links, which help support my channel)

BOOKS

1/ Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

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2/ Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

https://amzn.to/4lrxW5H

3/ Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguezhttps://amzn.to/3TIXRKm

4/ The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

https://amzn.to/3ZRQ1l8

5/ Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia

https://amzn.to/3I0q50B

6/ Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

https://amzn.to/4nCX8Iy

7/ Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

https://amzn.to/44snIeJ

8/ Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman

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9/ The Earned Life by Marshall Goldsmith

https://amzn.to/46gZtm0

10/ Atomic Habits by James Clear

https://amzn.to/3GhH5Ps

RESEARCH PAPERS

1/ Putting Time in Perspective: A Valid, Reliable Individual-Differences Metric by Philip G. Zimbardo and John N. Boyd

https://scienceofbehaviorchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TimePerspective.Zimbardo.1999.pdf

2/ Time Perspective: A Systematic Review

https://ijip.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/18.01.035.20251301.pdf

3/ The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz (book, but core concept summarized in academic and popular sources)

https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/economics/the-paradox-of-choice

4/ Health, Disease, and Chronobiology by Harvard Medicine Magazine (feature on Czeisler’s research)

https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/health-disease-and-chronobiology

5/ Articulating the Case for the Longevity Dividend by S. Jay Olshansky et al.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4743068/

6/ Developing Student Leader Emotional and Social Communication Skills by Ronald E. Riggio

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1419736.pdf

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