{"id":173949,"date":"2022-11-14T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=173949"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:43:46","slug":"podcast-849-live-life-in-crescendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/podcast\/podcast-849-live-life-in-crescendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #849: Live Life in Crescendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art19-web-player awp-medium awp-theme-dark-blue\" data-episode-id=\"316ac31f-8060-4928-bfb8-d2f14df02c72\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard of&nbsp;<i>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People<\/i>. But did&nbsp;you know that its author, Stephen&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Covey<\/span>, was in his late fifties when it came out? After it became a monumental bestseller,&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Covey<\/span>&nbsp;continued to work on new book ideas, one of which encapsulated&nbsp;his own experience with late-in-life success and his commitment to having an ever-forward-looking attitude.<\/p>\n<p>A decade after his death, that book has finally been brought to fruition&nbsp;by Stephen&#8217;s daughter, Cynthia&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Covey<\/span>&nbsp;Haller. It&#8217;s called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3E9Ks5Q\"><i>Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You<\/i><\/a>, and its contents really represent the capstone habit to those that came before.<\/p>\n<p>Today on the show, Cynthia unpacks the&nbsp;crescendo mentality and how it represents a commitment&nbsp;to continual&nbsp;learning,&nbsp;growth, and change that you can adopt&nbsp;at any age. We discuss how embracing the crescendo mentality is particularly important in midlife, why that stage of life can be uniquely challenging whether you&#8217;ve achieved&nbsp;success or are struggling, and the shifts people in each of those situations can make to find greater fulfillment.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources Related to the Episode<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EgD0Hw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EgD0Hw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1668526617759000&amp;usg=AOvVaw01wj75JznRjrfu8y9s1TA5\"><i>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People&nbsp;<\/i>by Stephen R.&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Covey<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ExxSiq\"><em>The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness<\/em> by Stephen R. 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