Issue #160: Career Reset at 46
Good morning. It’s Friday, March 31st.
Today’s Quick Win
Weekly Insights: Keep That Smile
Inspiration: Sir David Attenborough
Brain Games: Missing Triangle
“I told my dentist my teeth are turning yellow. He told me to wear a brown tie.”
Amount of annual dental spending in U.S. in 2021 (up 11% from 2020). $63B of this is spend out of pocket by consumers. (ADA)
Weekly Insights
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Inspiration | Sir David Attenborough
At the ripe young age of 96, Sir David Attenborough just completed yet another documentary series - Wild Isles.
Attenborough joined the BBC in 1952 (71 years ago). After 20+ years, he had worked his way up to becoming the Director of Programming with the potential opportunity to run all of the BBC operations.
He could become the most powerful media leader in all of the UK. Instead, he resigned and took a different path.
Attenborough went back to his roots as a freelance broadcaster. Here’s a guy that was primed to run all of the BBC and instead - at the age of 46 - would start back at ground zero looking for his own stories to uncover.
Good thing he did - this eventually led to the documentary series, Life on Earth, followed by The Living Planet.
This would go on and on as he won multiple Peabody Awards (for the most powerful stories told on television, radio and online media), creating multiple docuseries of animals and regions of the world - regions like rain forests in Asia, deep in the ocean, and Antarctica.
All this work culminated in 2006 with the release of Planet Earth.
That could have been a career - here we are 17 years later and he’s still going on his mission to advocate for saving environments around the world. In 2022, the United Nations recognized Attenborough as a Champion of the Earth.
He not only has 32 honorary degrees, but 20 species named after him - including the Attenborosaurus.
So don’t be afraid to reinvent yourself - even if you think it’s too late. David Attenborough is proof that you can have a 50-yr second career - and we would never know who he is if he just “ran the BBC.”
Brain Games | Triangle Game
Ready for some quick logic - stay sharp and let us know what you think of this one (too hard, too easy):
Fill in the missing number in the final triangle:
Why: Fighting off one of the top four killers - neurodegenerative disease
**For answer, scroll to the bottom of the post
Thanks for another great week! Next week we’re taking it outside for some NATURE.
In the meantime - the azaleas are in bloom, the grass has never been greener, and spring is here…it’s a tradition unlike any other. Enjoy the Masters!
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** Brain Games Answer **
3 = ( top number - bottom left number ) * bottom right number
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