I came across this article in Forbes yesterday about “early career flameouts” in seemingly successful women around the age of 30.

Many people – both men and women – come to me as a Mentor because they are exhausted, find life pointless and are financially committed enough not to be able to get off the roundabout. Their objectives have been almost entirely financial and competitive. They have failed to define their “Tree on the other side of the Field” in the correct way. A redirection of their aims always changes their satisfaction with life even though it removes none of the financial needs or personal imperatives. It is not rocket science, a magic potion or deep analysis. It is an understanding of what makes people – themselves and others – fulfilled. Easily explained, it requires discipline to achieve.