“We are peacocks in a world of penguins,

We are hungrily waiting to be admired for our difference by those who can’t even recognise us for what we are.

So what to do about it?

Put simply, midlife crisis is that moment when you wake up, look around and realise “this is not where I want to end up”

And then wonder “if not this, then what?”

There is something that you need to be doing to feel fully alive and you aren’t doing it.

Those considering an end to their working lives must contend with potentially painful losses: of income, purpose or, most poignantly, relevance.

But what if the alternative to a life of golf and cruises was an encore career?