After 30 years in finance, I began to ask: what comes next? In a world where life expectancy and change are both accelerating, the idea of a 40-year career feels outdated. “The Next Thirty Years” is my personal journey of reinvention—from finance to academia, from expertise to curiosity. This post explores how shifting paths, building resilience, and staying connected can reignite purpose at any stage of life.

If you work 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for 40 years, your career will last approximately 80,000 hours.

What does it take to become an expert? 10 thousand hours is a common threshold indicating the min effort to reach it.