Many psychotherapists believe laziness is usually just the symptom. That the real problem is fear of failure, fear of success, or fear of authority.

Senescence is an inevitability. All we can do is try to strike the balance between graceful acceptance and raging against the dying light.

We're in an era in which we want to believe people have roughly equal potential. IQ gives the lie to that.

What may create even more jobs is to develop more entrepreneurs, of course, ethical ones.

If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. What do you care most about: producing a new product, a cause, health, something unpopular but important, whatever. Next, get expertise in that, perhaps not at State U let alone private U but at You U: self-study, articles,, webinars, volunteering, etc. Then use your network rather than answering ads to land a launchpad job in that career.

You might want to keep trying to rise, using a path that builds on your natural strengths: sales, analysis, managing people, whatever, and keep asking for honest feedback. When you reach the point at which it feels clear you've topped out, revise your job description or take a step back. Up is not the only way.

Being a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact.