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206. When Is It Time to Step Aside?

Should government jobs have mandatory retirement ages? Is it foolish to care about your legacy? And why did Jason always call Angela’s father “Dr. Lee”?

• SOURCES:• William Bridges, professor emeritus of American literature at Mills College, consultant, and author.
• Arthur Brooks, professor of leadership at Harvard University.
• Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and founder of the Carter Center.
• Erik Erikson, 20th-century psychoanalyst.
• Craig Fox, professor of management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
• Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.
• Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator from Utah.
• RESOURCES:• "Congress Today Is Older Than It's Ever Been," by Geoffrey Skelley (FiveThirtyEight, 2023).
• "America’s Bosses Just Won’t Quit. That Could Spell Trouble," (The Economist, 2023).
• "At What Age Is Your Brain the Sharpest?" by Kendra Cherry (Verywell Mind, 2023).
• "Mitt Romney Announces He Won’t Seek Reelection as He Calls for ‘New Generation of Leaders’," by Clare Foran (CNN, 2023).
• From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, by Arthur Brooks (2022).
• "Psychological Research on Retirement," by Mo Wang and Junqi Shi (Annual Review of Psychology, 2014).
• "Daniel Kahneman in Conversation with Craig Fox," (2004).
• "The Psychology of Life Stories," by Dan P. McAdams (Review of General Psychology, 2001).
• Childhood and Society, by Erik Erikson (1950).
• Bridges Transition Model.
• EXTRA:• "Personality: The Big Five," series by No Stupid Questions (2024).
• "What Does Success Look Like?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).
• "How Do You Deal With Big Life Changes?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
• "What’s So Great About Retirement?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
• "I Know Him," song by Jonathan Groff (Hamilton: An American Musical, 2015).

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