In the twenties, the author proves by research, a person’s attitude crystallizes and their ambitions become concrete. The basic conclusion is to make the best of your 20s for they are the most defining decades of your life. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Forbes, Psychology Today, and NPR. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to take the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time well. This is a book about Twenty-something- year old. Jay’s book, The Defining Decade, was a 2012 Staff Pick and her 2013 TED talk Why 30 Is Not the New 20 has been viewed more than 2 million times. It does go against the rhetoric 20-somethings are hearing and provide honest, objective examples of how and why taking action in early adulthood is important. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives.ĭrawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The Defining Decade is not written to be a panacea for every struggling 20-something. Meg Jay reveals how many twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation that has trivialized what are actually the most defining years. Some say they are an extended adolescence. This book is a 2012 self-help book about why the age old saying that your 'twenties don't matter' is the. The title: The defining decade: why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now, made. Our 'thirty-is-the-new-twenty' culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. The other day, a book advertisement caught my eye.

Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours. The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties-and themselves.

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