Contents Introduction Entry 1. Your Unfriendly Family Entry 2. Society and Religion Entry 3. Workplace Unfriendliness Entry 4. The Role of Mass Culture Entry 5. The Bigger Picture Entry 6. Feeling Different Entry 7. Feeling Misunderstood Entry 8.
Feeling Underutilized Entry 9. Feeling Alienated Entry 10. Feeling Special . And Small Entry 11. Stuck on the Dull Track Entry 12. Aimed in the Direction of "Safety" Entry 13. The Family Business Entry 14. How Social Pigeonholing Works Entry 15.
Hiding Your Light Under a Bushel Entry 16. The Day Job Problem Entry 17. The Right Day Job Entry 18. Your Remaining Neurons Entry 19. Too Long at the Day Job Entry 20. When the Day Job Plan Fails Entry 21. The Second Career Problem Entry 22. Your Brain After Dinner Entry 23.
Surprising Shortfalls Entry 24. Second Career = Chaos? Entry 25. Sheer Overwhelm Entry 26. Trapped in Smallness Entry 27. The Uninteresting Day-To-Day Entry 28. Standard Thinking Entry 29. A Name for Yourself Entry 30. Stick to That, Please! Entry 31.
Nothing of Interest Entry 32. Interest . But No Passion Entry 33. Passion . But No Passion Project Entry 34. Passion Project Resistance Entry 35. The Stalled Passion Project Entry 36. Inner Noise and Monkey Mind Entry 37.
Underestimating Your Smarts Entry 38. Being Too Vigilant Entry 39. Feeling Unsafe Entry 40. When Anxiety Strikes Entry 41. Your Tangled Thinking Entry 42. Unwanted Obsessions Entry 43. A Rain of Thoughts Entry 44. Repetitive Thoughts Entry 45.
Lost Thoughts Entry 46. Thought Investigation Entry 47. Defensive Not Knowing Entry 48. Having Language Entry 49. No Comment Entry 50. Getting a Grip Entry 51. Tolerating Process Entry 52. The Reality of Circumstances Entry 53.
Tolerating Solitude Entry 54. The Dangers of Solitude Entry 55. Insatiability Entry 56. Competition Entry 57. Mismatched Intelligence Entry 58. The Smart Gap Entry 59. Inevitable Sadness Entry 60. Inevitable Anxiety Entry 61.
Addiction Risks Entry 62. Distractibility Entry 63. The Story of Energy Entry 64. In Short Supply Entry 65. Energy Suppression Entry 66. Racing Down the Tracks Entry 67. Rollercoaster Energy Entry 68. Sitting on a High Horse Entry 69.
Alienating Coworkers Entry 70. I Am So Special! Entry 71. A Sense of Entitlement Entry 72. Ruptures Entry 73. Torn Apart Entry 74. Defend Yourself! Entry 75. The Bullying Debater Entry 76. I Am Right! Entry 77.
The Heck with Good Will! Entry 78. Cognitive Decline Entry 79. Loss of Pride Entry 80. Loss of Identity Entry 81. Loss of Motivation Entry 82. Loss of Purpose Entry 83. Rationality Plus Entry 84. Emotions? Entry 85.
Meaning and Mystery Entry 86. Smart and Creative Entry 87. Smartness Made Real Entry 88. Smart and Well Entry 89. Smart and Wise Entry 90. All the Rest of Life Afterword Acknowledgmentsbr>About the Author.