The Case for Opting Out: Maybe some people shouldn't grow up?

I’ve previously written The Peter Pan Syndrome:  why some people just won’t grow up. In essence, it was The Parent Lecture: an attempt to guilt-trip kick-back partiers into becoming responsible, self-supporting human beings. Although it was a mere blog post on Psychology Today, it has received 238,650 views.

I’m not sure it’s defensible but because, contrary to today’s zeitgeist, there often are lessons to be learned from across the spectrum, my PsychologyToday.com article today offers my best shot in defense of the Peter Pan Syndrome.

Curing Career Fear

Even competent people can suffer from career fear: the imposter syndrome, fear of failure, and/or the Peter Pan syndrome, the fear of growing up. Of course, there are no magic pills but in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer the tactics that have most often helped my clients.

A Five-Minute Course in Finding Contentment

I was curious which of my 1,250 blog posts has been read most often. Three stood out:

How I Could Live Decently on $20,000 a Year

Top 10 Ways to Gain Willpower

The Peter Pan Syndrome: Why Smart People Fail

So today, I went back and tuned each of those up. 

It would take you just five minutes total to read all three and it just might be of real value to you.