Summary of Meg Jay's The Defining Decade

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Helen was having an identity crisis. She had always wanted to be an artist, but after college, she had no clear path forward. She nannied while waiting for her life to start, but it never did.
#2 Identity capital is our collection of personal assets. It is the repertoire of individual resources that we assemble over time. These are the investments we make in ourselves, the things we do well enough or long enough that they become a part of who we are.
#3 I had a similar experience as Helen. I went straight from college to graduate school, but I did something in between. I spent several years working as a grunt in logistics, but I also led a twenty-eight-day canoe expedition down the Suwannee River, 350 miles from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico.
#4 I was able to help a 15-year-old mother of two get her life back on track by working at an Outward Bound camp. But I was also concerned about Helen, who wasn’t earning any capital.

Sujets

• Human development (biology)

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 08 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669351276
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Meg Jay's The Defining Decade
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Helen was having an identity crisis. She had always wanted to be an artist, but after college, she had no clear path forward. She nannied while waiting for her life to start, but it never did.

#2

Identity capital is our collection of personal assets. It is the repertoire of individual resources that we assemble over time. These are the investments we make in ourselves, the things we do well enough or long enough that they become a part of who we are.

#3

I had a similar experience as Helen. I went straight from college to graduate school, but I did something in between. I spent several years working as a grunt in logistics, but I also led a twenty-eight-day canoe expedition down the Suwannee River, 350 miles from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico.

#4

I was able to help a 15-year-old mother of two get her life back on track by working at an Outward Bound camp. But I was also concerned about Helen, who wasn’t earning any capital.

#5

Very few people make it to age thirty without some underemployment, so what are you going to do about it. Take the job with the most capital. That is, the job that gives you the most potential for a better future job.

#6

The pieces of identity capital that don’t go on a résumé are social adeptness, excellent communication skills, and a quick wit. These are the assets that helped Helen get a job at an animation studio.

#7

The difference between coffee-shop Helen and digital-animation Helen could be remarkable. Sadly, it’s usually the case that the more capital you have, the more you can obtain the next piece of capital you want.

#8

I had been prepping two courses for the fall, and had ordered some textbooks to look over. When I opened the box, I found about a hundred paperback books. Some of them were fiction, some were nonfiction, and some were academic.

#9

The urban tribe is overrated. For the past decade or so, there has been a lot of talk about the urban tribe, which is made up of twentysomethings who spend more time on their own. But while the urban tribe helps us survive, it does not help us thrive.