Book · 2022 · Self-Help
From Strength to Strength
Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
#210 of 16,685 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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- 21
- people
- 13
- podcasts
- 8
- episodes
- 16
- critical mentions
- 0
From Strength to Strength, which was my first introduction to your books, which is an exceptional book, finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2025 Listen at 46:37 What they say about it
- Praised the book“an exceptional book”5



- Read the book“I read it”4

The best things said about it
In his best-selling book From Strength to Strength, Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the second half of life, Arthur Brooks talks about how chasing external rewards raises your wants faster than your achievements, leaving you perpetually unsatisfied.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 2026 Because you had two successful careers as not just a podcast or influencer, but as an angel investor, I would I would encourage you to read Arthur Brook's book, Strength to Strength. I did. I did. It was already it was great.
Bill Gurley The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2025 You wrote what what I think is if I was to take 10 books of the last 25 years you wrote this masterpiece From Strength to Strength.
I have read your prior work, From Strength to Strength, excellent book recommended to me by Peter Attia.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2023 Entitled From Strength to Strength, which is a really powerful roadmap.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · May 2022 I love his Concept in that in his book from strength to strength of going from Dynamic intelligence to crystallized intelligence.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
13 people who brought it up
Rich Roll3 mentions · 1 rec
Chip Conley2 mentions · 1 rec- Frank Vasquez2 mentions · 1 rec
Bill Gurley1 mention · 1 rec- Dr John Delony1 mention · 1 rec
- John Deloney1 mention · 1 rec
Megyn Kelly1 mention · 1 rec- Arthur Brooks2 mentions
- Mike Maughan2 mentions
Tim Ferriss2 mentions
Angela Duckworth1 mention
Jay Shetty1 mention
Why people recommend it
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks is a thoughtful guide on navigating the second half of life, offering strategies to transition from fluid intelligence to crystallized wisdom and find lasting happiness and deep purpose. The book has been enthusiastically recommended by numerous podcast guests and hosts. Bill Gurley suggested the book on The Tim Ferriss Show to provide healthy perspective for midlife career shifts, and Frank Vasquez recommended it on ChooseFI for listeners seeking guidance on aging gracefully. Dr. John Delony praised the book on both The Dr. John Delony Show and The Ramsey Show, describing it as an absolute masterpiece that addresses the universal challenges of personal fulfillment. Rich Roll and Chip Conley also recommended the volume to listeners interested in midlife self-inquiry and personal regeneration, while Megyn Kelly strongly promoted the book on her show as an essential resource for finding success and purpose. Furthermore, Jay Shetty discussed the text on On Purpose, noting how Brooks explores the psychological trap of chasing external rewards that leave individuals perpetually unsatisfied. Across these episodes, speakers emphasized the book's profound wisdom in helping people redefine success and embrace new forms of contribution as they age.
Every mention
Rich Roll So everybody should pick it up. "Strength to Strength," 3
“Your your fellow uh midlife activist Arthur Brooks, who's who's obviously he's been on the show a couple times. He's a friend. His book Strength to Strength really gets at the heart of these ideas that that you're talking about.”
“Today, we're gonna explore how to make the second half of life better than the first, and we're gonna do it with the esteemed Arthur C. Brooks, and we're doing it on the occasion of Arthur's latest book, his 12th, and an instant number one "New York Times" bestseller, entitled "From Strength to Strength," which is a really powerful roadmap”
“So everybody should pick it up. "Strength to Strength,"”
Chip Conley There's 'From Strength To Strength' that just came out with Arthur Brook. 2
“Arthur Brooks talks about this in his new book, 'From Strength to Strength.'”
“There's 'From Strength To Strength' that just came out with Arthur Brook.”
Frank Vasquez Another one's called Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks. 2
“Another one's called Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks.”
“I had read strength to strength before that”
Bill Gurley Because you had two successful careers as not just a podcast or influencer, but as an angel investor, I wou… 1
“Because you had two successful careers as not just a podcast or influencer, but as an angel investor, I would I would encourage you to read Arthur Brook's book, Strength to Strength. I did. I did. It was already it was great.”
Dr John Delony you wrote what what I think is uh if I was to take 10 books of the last 25 years you wrote this masterpiece… 1
“you wrote what what I think is uh if I was to take 10 books of the last 25 years you wrote this masterpiece from strength to strength”
John Deloney I don't know if you heard of it. It's called Strength to Strength. and I'll link to it. 1
“I don't know if you heard of it. It's called Strength to Strength. and I'll link to it.”
Megyn Kelly And don't forget, folks, the book is called From Strength to Strength, Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep… 1
“And don't forget, folks, the book is called From Strength to Strength, Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. Go get it right now, bnn.com.”
Arthur Brooks the first book that I wrote when I started this new Venture was how to live how to get happier as you get o… 2
“the first book that I wrote when I started this new Venture was how to live how to get happier as you get older by by detaching yourself from the from the all the details of a of a success addiction and the thing blew up”
“so when I'm talk so the first book that I wrote about this was from strength to strength that's so you and I met that was the first book that that you the first time I came on the show we talked about that”
Mike Maughan I'm sure you're familiar with Arthur Brook's book from strength to strength yeah I read it but he kind of g… 2
“I'm sure you're familiar with Arthur Brook's book from strength to strength yeah I read it but he kind of goes through the same idea or principle that sometimes we hang too doggedly to one version of ourselves”
“Angela I want to talk briefly here in closing about a piece of advice that I heard from Arthur Brooks who wrote a book called from strength to strength where he was just talking about how we have to change as we grow older and move from what was our strength think of like an athlete they're really good at”
Tim Ferriss I have read your prior work, From Strength to Strength, excellent book recommended to me by Peter Attia. 2
“after your many books, author of 15 books, right, you have build the life you want, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, from strength to strength, which was my first introduction to your books, which is an exceptional book, finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life.”
“I have read your prior work, From Strength to Strength, excellent book recommended to me by Peter Attia.”
Angela Duckworth Here's what I love about that, especially when you get to this generativity stage: I'm sure you're familiar… 1
“Here's what I love about that, especially when you get to this generativity stage: I'm sure you're familiar with Arthur Brooks' book, 'From Strength to Strength.' Yeah, I read it!”
Jay Shetty In his best-selling book From Strength to Strength, Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the sec… 1
“In his best-selling book From Strength to Strength, Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the second half of life, Arthur Brooks talks about how chasing external rewards raises your wants faster than your achievements, leaving you perpetually unsatisfied.”
Neil Pasricha I love his Concept in that in his book from strength to strength of going from Dynamic intelligence to crys… 1
“I love his Concept in that in his book from strength to strength of going from Dynamic intelligence to crystallized intelligence”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“Angela, I want to talk briefly here in closing about a piece of advice that I heard from Arthur Brooks, who wrote a book called From Strength to Strength, where he was just talking about how we have to change as we grow older and move from what was our strength!”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (11: passing, ad reads, own books)
“when we met was from strength to strength, a book that I wrote in 2022. That's the first time we met. When I was interviewing people for that book, which is about how to be happier later in life”
“So, when I'm talking So, the first book that I wrote about this was From Strength to Strength. That's how you and I met.”
“So I wrote a book on this called from strength to strength about how people and they go through the course of their careers and they find that their interests change”
“I've written two big books um since uh since I came to Harvard one called from strength to strength finding success happiness and deep purpose in the second half of life for Strivers were trying to understand the the move from their fluid to crystallized intelligence”
“he's a columnist for the Atlantic and the author of 13 books including from strength to strength and build the life you want which he co-authored with o Winfrey”
“I had read strength to strength before that right”
“so I had a book that came out in February of 2022 called from strength to strength and it was really about the striver curse”
“read my last book which is called from strength to strength finding success happiness and deep purpose in the second half of life”
“His new book is called From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.”
“There's a lot of details like I write books that say, like in this book, Strength to Strength, it gives you the seven habits that the happiest people have who are old. When people get The people who get happier as they get older do these seven things. That's in the book, okay.”
“He's the former president of the American Enterprise Institute, AEI, conservative think tank, and is the author of a new book from strength to strength, finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life.”





