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Consultant, author and speaker, Seun Mafa, has released a collection of three books examining some of the difficult questions that often accompany adulthood, career success, financial security and personal influence.
The books – Over 40 and Nobody Prepared Me for This, The Drug Called Salary and Power in the Age of Noise – explore issues around ageing, work, money, personal freedom, attention and decision-making.
Across the three titles, Mafa examines the gap that can emerge between outward success and personal fulfilment, particularly for people who have reached a stage where conventional measures of achievement no longer provide all the answers.
In Over 40 and Nobody Prepared Me for This, Mafa focuses on the realities of reaching midlife and the unexpected questions that can emerge along the way.
The book examines issues including financial responsibilities, relationships, changing ambitions, faith, biology and reinvention.
Rather than portraying turning 40 as a crisis, Mafa presents it as an opportunity for reassessment, encouraging readers to examine their circumstances and make deliberate choices about the next phase of their lives.
The book also challenges the assumption that a life that does not follow its original plan should automatically be regarded as a failure.
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In The Drug Called Salary, Mafa turns his attention to employment and financial security.
While acknowledging the importance of regular income, the book examines how dependence on a salary can sometimes make people reluctant to explore alternative career or income paths, particularly when they are dissatisfied with their jobs.
Mafa does not advocate quitting employment as a universal solution. Instead, he explores ways people can create greater flexibility and choice through additional income streams, new skills or independent ventures.
The third title, Power in the Age of Noise, examines the growing challenge of maintaining independent judgment in an environment dominated by social media, artificial intelligence, constant notifications and an endless flow of information.
According to the book’s central argument, having access to more information does not necessarily translate into better decision-making.
Mafa explores the relationship between attention, influence, status and self-command, while encouraging readers to resist the pressure to react to every trend, opinion or external signal.
The three books, though different in subject, are linked by a common focus on personal decision-making.
Over 40 and Nobody Prepared Me for This examines changing expectations as people move through adulthood; The Drug Called Salary considers the relationship between income and freedom; while Power in the Age of Noise explores how information overload and external influence can affect individual judgment.
Together, the books target readers who may have achieved some of the conventional markers of success but are beginning to reassess their priorities, choices and definition of a fulfilling life.
Mafa’s approach is less about providing one-size-fits-all answers and more about encouraging readers to confront questions they may have postponed because of age, work, financial obligations or societal expectations.
The three titles are available individually and as a collection through the official Seun Mafa bookstore.
