He wrote the book on GenX.  Literally.  

Back in the '90s, when GenX was written off as a generation of slackers, Bradley Richardson wrote one of the first business books for the cohort, and it became a best-seller.  Now, about to turn 60, the best-selling author, speaker and creator of Advanced Adulting is helping those same GenXers navigate midlife, and his own story is a masterclass in reinvention.  

A 5th-generation Texan who grew up in Lubbock, Bradley takes us from a West Texas childhood and life as a successful junior tennis player who left home for a tennis academy and eventually got recruited to play for the Oklahoma Sooners, to accidentally becoming a published author with "JobSmarts for TwentySomethings."  From there: the parenting books for GenX dads ("Daddy Smarts"), the best-seller on the emotional side of job loss ("Career Comeback"), an extensive run as an executive recruiter, and features everywhere from The Wall Street Journal to Rolling Stone to Good Morning America and NPR.

But the heart of this episode is the personal arc: family strife growing up, the highs and hard lessons of a first marriage and divorce, co-parenting, healing and his blunt refusal to call any of it a "midlife crisis", because he sees it as reinvention.  He gets honest about grief, understanding his parents as human beings, embracing vulnerability and authenticity, his "60 by 60" project, and what "Advanced Adulting" really means. 

If you're staring down midlife and wondering what's next, this one's for you.

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