How to make the most of your twenties with Meg Jay
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
How important are your twenties — and how bad are they? Meg Jay is a clinical psychologist who specializes in young adult development in twenty year-olds. She and Adam review the science of what makes this developmental period important, discuss the common mistakes that we make, and share tips for twentysomethings (and parents) navigating this tumultuous decade. Meg’s latest book, The Twentysomething Treatment, is out now.
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| 1:50.6 | Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What |
| 1:55.9 | Makes Us Tick with the TED Audio Collective. I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people |
| 2:03.0 | to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking. |
| 2:08.3 | My guest today is Meg J. |
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