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Overcoming a mid-career crisis is not about returning to the person you were at the beginning of your professional journey. It is about understanding who you have become and deciding how you want to live and work in the years ahead. You cannot rewrite the beginning of your story, but you can influence what happens next. Rather than viewing a mid-career crisis as evidence that you have failed, consider it an invitation to pause, reflect and begin a new chapter with greater clarity, confidence and purpose.
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