The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now - Hardcover

Jay, Meg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446561762 ISBN 13: 9780446561761

Publisher: Twelve, 2012

Synopsis

Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized what is actually the most defining decade of adulthood.

Drawing from a decade of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, THE DEFINING DECADE weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time wisely.

THE DEFINING DECADE is a smart, compassionate and constructive book about the years we cannot afford to miss.

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Review:

"Meg Jay takes the specific complaints of twentysomething life and puts them to diagnostic use" (New Yorker)

"Any recent college graduate mired in a quarter-life crisis or merely dazed by the freedom of post-collegiate existence should consider it required reading" (Slate)

"I strongly recommend The Defining Decade for anyone in their 20s trying to figure out their life's direction. You'll learn how to search productively, how to avoid being indulgent, and how to turn good opportunities into great ones" (Po Bronson author of What Should I Do With My Life?)

"The Defining Decade is the book twentysomethings have been waiting for. It will not tell you what you should do with your life, but it will inspire, motivate, and educate you to figure it out" (Rachel Simmons author of The Good Girl)

"The Defining Decade is eye-opening, important, and a pleasure to read. I highly recommend it" (Wendy Mogel author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B Minus)

Book Description:

WHY 30 IS NOT THE NEW 20 - DR MEG JAY IS A PHENOMENON WITH OVER 7.5 MILLION VIEWS ON TED TALKS

About this edition

• Publisher: Twelve
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0446561762
• ISBN 13: 9780446561761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 241