Lorraine Devon Wilke: Second Chapters; How I Reinvented Myself In The Second Chapter Of My Life

An Interview With Jake Frankel

To always honor my intuition when it came to the people I encountered. I learned this pretty quickly through the process of “lessons learned,” but younger people, or people new to an industry, don’t always have the lay of the land, and as much as one might wish otherwise, there are predators, abusers, and manipulators out there. We can often sense that danger in someone, but too often dismiss or sublimate our own perceptions, usually to our own detriment. Lesson learned: Pay attention to that sixth sense you possess… it can save you a lot of regrets or unfortunate experiences.

Many successful people reinvented themselves in a later period in their lives. Jeff Bezos worked on Wall Street before he reinvented himself and started Amazon. Sara Blakely sold office supplies before she started Spanx. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was a…