Brian Clark

Greeting from Cabo San Lucas! I’m here speaking at a conference (and then celebrating my birthday). Convenient, right? No tequila-fueled craziness though. I just started working out again after a 2021 backslide (sigh), so I need to make time to move (and make sure I feel up to it). We talk a lot about the …

The urge to shift gears is strong at midlife. After the dissatisfaction of our 40s (often seemingly for no reason), we realize we were already in a transitional phase. The question is, will you keep going with it? Once we hit 50 we come out of the funk of our 40s, but we’re not the …

Those who are interested in personal growth are seeking transformation. Whether in the realm of health, wealth, or wisdom, we’re seeking to change in a meaningful way. Some turn to self-help books. Others to meditation. Simply making it to the age of 50 can be transformative. Other transformative events are more traumatic: A near-death experience, …

I’ll be 54 end of next month. I’m not sure I ever tried to imagine what age 54 would be like when I was younger, but I can tell you one thing … I certainly don’t feel old. And yet, we seem to be subject to some kind of weird social construct when we’re over …

Ted Lasso became the surprise streaming hit of 2020. Despite some initial skepticism from critics, the show is now universally acclaimed and has racked up 20 Emmy nominations. If you’re not familiar, Ted Lasso is a small-time college football coach from Kansas played by Jason Sudeikis. He’s hired to coach a professional football team in …

Hello! Well, Trudi is off this week, and I’m struggling with getting my daughter moved into her first apartment (in more ways than one). So, this seems like a good time for a roundup issue of Further. Fortunately, there’s plenty of good stuff to share. Let’s take a look: Micronutrient Manual Vitamins and minerals are …

Midlife is ripe for reinvention. That’s why Further focuses so much on the dynamics of change. Adding to the natural inclination to reevaluate the path we’re on at this age, we’ve had the disruption of COVID-19. And that’s given just about everyone an opportunity to reflect on a career change. In an online poll about …

When we were young, they called us cynical slackers. We definitely proved them wrong about the slacker part. We’re the hardest working cohort in the labor force (although underappreciated), and the most entrepreneurial. As for cynical, well, there have been good reasons for that. But we’re also pragmatic as hell, and we have an uncommon …

Last week we explored the process of creating your future self. It all begins with using your imagination to visualize the specific person you want to be, instead of allowing your memories from the past to define who you are. You then focus on the steps to get there while never losing sight of the …

Thinking about the future can be nerve-wracking. Especially when we can’t anticipate how accelerating change is going to impact our lives. So we try to predict the future, usually relying on pundits and prognosticators to tell us what’s going to happen. Truth is, no one can predict the future, because the future is not something …

The last year-and-a-half has been a time of disruption that led to reflection. Now, we’re seeing the result — defection. People have realized that life is too short to work for a bad boss, or earn a living that provides compensation but very little in terms of satisfaction. Most of the headlines center on service …

We live in stressful times. Pandemic stress. Political stress. Relationship stress. Outside of all that, though, financial uncertainty is the number one source of stress for Americans, according to the American Psychological Association. And in reality, the only thing you can do about financial stress is make more or spend less. Usually that means sacrifice …