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Brian Clark
@brianclark.social
Writer, traveler, entrepreneur. Currently in Copenhagen. Former projects acquired: Copyblogger, Rainmaker, StudioPress. further.net
Hello from Copenhagen! If you’ve just finished up The Bear, you’ll be happy to know this is the houseboat Marcus stayed on when he visited the city in season 2. And yes, it’s available for rent on Airbnb.
Saw Bob Mould and the reunited SUGAR at the Barrowland in Glasgow. Still one of the loudest shows you'll encounter.
Saw The Killers in Costa Rica last night. It was more of a revival than a concert. Like going to church in the best way. Still not over it.
532,000 Americans started new businesses in January alone, a 36.8% increase from the previous year. And according to the Wall Street Journal, 150,000 Americans left the country entirely in 2025, which is the first net negative migration since the Great Depression. Let’s connect those dots.
The Layoffs Are Coming. Here's What 50+ Professionals Are Doing About It.
Slowing growth plus rising inflation equals stagflation. Corporate's response is predictable: When margins compress, they eliminate their most expensive employees first.
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Starting a movement is hard. Joining one is easy, especially for digital entrepreneurs who pay attention to the purpose-driven currents that lead to movements in the first place. news.further.net/p/movements-...
Movements: My Secret to Starting Multiple Seven-Figure Businesses
Look for winning business ideas and content strategies where you consider the status quo to be less than optimal or just flat-out wrong.
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What if I told you that the most profitable solo companies aren’t solo at all? The implication (and possible downside) is that you’re on your own. But that’s not quite right. And that’s because the most powerful solo companies don’t operate in isolation. They collaborate.
The Profitable Power of a Sovereign Collective
Artificial intelligence doesn’t eliminate the value of human partners, but it does change the equation.
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Hilarious. What do they think Holiday and American Idiot are about?
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day performed during the opening ceremony that celebrated generations of Super Bowl MVPs.
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Big companies need fewer people to succeed. This reality will only accelerate. The twin dynamics of AI and ageism make Gen X especially expendable. The flip side: You can start tiny, highly profitable companies that let you earn everywhere and live anywhere. Same force. Different outcome.
Small Is the New Big
As the most entrepreneurial generation, we are the most qualified to start solo and small companies. And unlike traditional employment, no one can tell us we can’t do it.
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The first NFL game I took my then 10-year-old son to, Broncos beat the Patriots in overtime. That kid has been an unstoppable good luck charm at live sporting events ever since.
Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 6mo agothe last broncos home game with 2nd half snow
You gave your best decades to companies that are making decisions about your economic viability without your input or regard for your well-being. You can’t control when they hire you, when they eliminate you, or whether other management will think differently about you.
How Generation X Lost Control of Both Work and Home
You have a voice, but not agency. And a voice without the ability to effect change is just performance.
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Here’s the mistake most people make when they try to change: * They follow the guru’s playbook. * They copy someone else’s success story. * They adopt the strategies of a prominent entrepreneur or bestselling author. And they fail or burn out. Because that person’s genre is different from yours.
Winning in Your Genre: A Midlife Story That Fits Your Temperament
One-third of your personality is determined by genetics, and you shouldn’t fight it. Don’t write a romance story when you're built for mystery novels.
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Your values are shifting. The world is changing faster than ever. And your brain is still operating on 10,000-year-old survival software that has no idea what’s going on. This third article of the Midlife Remix series will help you understand why change isn’t just possible; it’s necessary.
Remix vs. Remaster: Choose Your Own Midlife Reinvention
Change isn't just possible; it's necessary. Here's how to decide what kind of change your life actually needs.
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Are you excited about changing your story at midlife? Hopefully so. But you also may be thinking about the last time you tried to make a significant change. And you’re remembering that it felt difficult, bordering on impossible.
What's Fixed and What's Flexible: The Architecture of Your Midlife Story
This second article in the Midlife Identity Remix series will help you understand yourself in a new way. And that will clear the path toward meaningful change.
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That discontent and restlessness you’re feeling? That’s not a malfunction. That’s your brain finally recognizing the current story needs change. This isn’t a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife plot twist.
Midlife Isn't a Crisis, It's a Plot Twist
You open the door to the midlife plot twist when you realize you can now be the sole author of your story.
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If you're between 45 and 65, you’ve likely realized the game has changed. The old playbook (get good grades, climb the ladder, retire at 65) is broken. The new reality requires new strategies. Time to rewrite the script. Or if you prefer, adopt a new playbook.
It’s Time to Burn the Old Playbook
Your job security is an illusion at a point when you can least afford to lose your income.
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People who take in more negative age beliefs tend to show worse physical, cognitive, and mental health. But the good news is that those who are exposed to or develop more positive age beliefs tend to show benefits in physical, cognitive, and mental health.
You Only Get “Old” When You Believe These Myths About Aging
Here’s a sampling of seven counterintuitive facts about getting older.
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We all remember the advice from Dead Poets Society: "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." Now that we’re at midlife, here's an alternative Latin phrase for Generation X: Carpe vitam. Seize your life.
Carpe Vitam: The Time for Your Midlife Reinvention is Now
This life is not a dress rehearsal.
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Beginning of our third month in Baja Sur, first hurricane. Just steady rain so far, which is actually nice. On generator power at the beach.
Lorena becomes a hurricane off west coast of Mexico as Kiko travels over open waters
Hurricane Lorena has formed off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula
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Jok is just too good at these heaves 😮💨 Cracked NBA’s top 20 plays
We don’t have to look into the future of medical age-reversal treatments to see a great divide in longevity rates. It’s happening in the United States right now. The key is to take a closer look at how “life expectancy” is determined, while also challenging the notion of a “United” States.
The Longevity Divide for Midlife Americans
Why does life expectancy in the United States lag behind other wealthy countries?
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Being in the U.S. is like swimming in a soup of anger, anxiety, and aggravation. It permeates the entire experience of living as if it’s normal. That doesn’t exist here in Baja Sur, and it doesn’t exist in any of the other places I’ve lived for extended periods.
The New American Dream
There's now an evolved concept of living the dream. Unfortunately, too many accept the "new nightmare" as normal.
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