At some point in our 40s or 50s, a question begins to surface: Is this really it? We’ve played the roles, built the career, supported the family, stayed the course. But at some point, the math stops adding up. That was true for me in 2025. And as I talked with others this year, clients, friends, and guests on The Midlife Remix, I realized just how many of us are navigating the same issue. This year, I wanted to step back to reflect. To look closely at what shifted for me,

He rebuilt his career as a portfolio of roles: consulting provided stability, teaching gave him joy, and experimenting with emerging technologies stretched his curiosity and kept him future-ready. In every era, there is a “curve” leaders must learn to ride, and today that curve is AI. It is moving faster than most of us can process, and it is already redrawing the boundaries of entire professions. The same curiosity that pushed Yogesh to walk away from corporate life is now m