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The Midlife Career Pivot Playbook — Book 05 of the You 2.0 Series by Dr. Abhay Gupta
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Book 05 · Career, Work & Craft

The Midlife Career Pivot Playbook

The ultimate guide to midlife career transformation and lasting success

A step-by-step framework to navigate career change with confidence and clarity. Whether you're considering a new industry, moving into consulting or entrepreneurship, or simply redefining success, this book gives you the roadmap to make your next move the best one yet. Built around the Midlife Career Pivot Framework — a strategic, actionable process to assess, plan, and execute your transition.

Published
February 15, 2025
Read time
6 hours
Format
Paperback · Kindle

What you'll take away

  • The Midlife Career Pivot Framework — assess, plan, and execute your transition
  • How to identify your transferable skills and future-proof your career
  • Financial and risk management for navigating career change with stability
  • How to use your network strategically to fast-track your transition
  • Long-term career sustainability and legacy-building beyond the next role
Core principles

The ideas that run through The Midlife Career Pivot Playbook.

  • 1.
    Your transferable skills are worth more than your job title ever was.
  • 2.
    Network for the pivot you want, not the role you have.
  • 3.
    Manage the financial runway before you manage the leap.
  • 4.
    Don't just land a new role — establish leadership in your next chapter.
  • 5.
    Pivot toward meaningful impact, not just away from current discomfort.
Mid-career isn't a plateau — it's the launchpad for your most fulfilling chapter yet.
From The Midlife Career Pivot Playbook, Book 05
Dr. Abhay Gupta

About the author

Dr. Abhay Gupta is an economist, engineer, and AI architect based in Vancouver, with a PhD in Economics from UBC, a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur, and executive credentials from Harvard Kennedy School and Columbia. The You 2.0 series brings two decades of evidence-driven thinking to the question of how to actually live and work well in midlife.

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