{{Are you in your 20s, fresh from college, already working, or looking for a job? You may want to read The Defining Decade, a book by clinical psychologist Meg Jay.}}<\/p>\n
The author seeks to inspire young people in their 20s into discovering their inner working powers, in ways that even some authors have found intriguing.<\/p>\n
For example, Rachel Nalebuff, the editor of My Little Red Book, confesses: \u201cBefore reading The Defining Decade, I didn\u2019t know enough about the importance of our 20s to be concerned that I could mess it all up. <\/p>\n
Now that I do, I could worry myself into paralysis, or, as Meg Jay, suggests, grab life by the helm, even if I still have no idea where I\u2019m going. Without a doubt, The Defining Decade will leave you eager to embark on what I now see can be the most exciting odyssey of one\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Jay, the things people do and do not do in their twenties will have an enormous effect across years and even generations to come. That\u2019s how important this age is, in her view.<\/p>\n
She writes, for instance, that, \u201cIn the 21st Century, careers and lives don\u2019t roll off an assembly line. We have to put together the pieces ourselves.\u201d She continues: \u201cBe intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don\u2019t be defined by what you didn\u2019t know or didn\u2019t do. You are deciding your life now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many people in this age are either enrolling into college or just entering the job market. A lot of them can easily get confused and end up lonely when they fail to achieve in life.<\/p>\n
Jay\u2019s additional advice is that at such an age, one needs to be realistic about their skills and goals. She argues that at 20s, people already know their weaknesses and strengths. It is therefore the best time to work on one\u2019s dreams.<\/p>\n
Her book tells people at that age to put together endless possibilities of concrete plans that they nurtured and dreamt of as kids. The 20s is the period to best pursue aspirations.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why she refers to the age as the \u201cdefining decade\u201d. The book suggests that every friend you have in your life during this period should be what you exactly need.<\/p>\n
Kenyan psychologist Pius Mureithi agrees to the definition of the 20s as the defining decade. He explains further that this is the period in which self-identity, vocational identity and independence among other issues occur.<\/p>\n
The book urges people of this age to stop believing that work will always come easy so long as they follow their passion. Mr Mureithi finds the statement very applicable.<\/p>\n
\u201cJay is very correct when she writes that 20-something should stop thinking of the idea of the perfect job. This is like thinking that once you get married, you will live happily ever after,\u201d Mureithi argues.<\/p>\n
The book further dismisses as careless, the attitude among youths that one should quit the moment they don\u2019t like a job. It comes from the ill-informed assumption that an alternative will easily be found.<\/p>\n
In reality, and Mureithi stresses this, that\u2019s hardly ever the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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