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Climbing the Wrong Ladder

It's important to use your talents. But if that's the end of it, there is a disillusionment that sets in between the ages of 35 and 50. This is commonly called the mid-life crisis. I believe that it is more a phenomenon of a wrong value system than it is the age group in which it occurs. All of a sudden you realize the ladder you've been climbing is leaning against the wrong wall.

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