An experienced professional leading a creative Open Minds Open Doors brainstorming session with her team, using colourful sticky notes to aid the discussion. Someone, somewhere, decided that after a certain age, the ambition is supposed to quieten down. That the hunger for meaningful work, for challenge, for contribution, should gradually give way to something softer. Golf, perhaps. A slower pace. The gentle winding down. It's a tidy story. It's also, for a great many people,

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