9 June 2013-
Every 20-something deserves to know what psychologists, sociologists, neurologists and fertility specialists already know: Claiming your twenties is one of the simplest yet most transformative things you can do for work, for love, for your happiness, maybe even for the world.
Meg Jay is a clinical psychologist who works mainly with twenty-somethings. In this TED talk, she explains why our culture’s trivialization of the twenties is so damaging and then gives three pieces of advice to help twenty-somethings salvage their lives.
The Importance of the 20′s
- There are 50 million 20-somethings in the USA (15% of the population)
- 80% of life’s most defining moments take place before age 35.
- 8 out of 10 of the experiences that make up your life will have happened by age 35.
- First 10 years of a career has an exponential impact on how much money you are going to earn.
- More than 50% of Americans are married, or are living with, or are dating their future partner by the age of 30.
- The brain cuts of it’s second and last growth spurt in the 20’s as it re-wires itself for adulthood.
- Personality changes more in 20’s than any other time in life
- Female fertility peaks at age 28.
- 20’s are the critical period of adult development – not developmental downtime but a developmental sweet spot.
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