A New Purpose
Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success
Published on 1. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-06-137312-1 (ISBN)
Description
Success can be looked at in different ways from different points in your life. As a child, it was pleasing one's parents; in high school, it may have been about academic achievement and popularity; as a working adult, success is often represented by earning a good salary and the respect of others. But what about the years after initial goals have been pursued? What constitutes success then? Leisure or legacy? For more and more people, it's about making things better and about improving the world-large or small-in a lasting way. It's about changing the community, the nation, the political landscape, and the environment. "A New Purpose" focuses on why readers should commit to having a lasting impact on the world and how they can do it. Ken Dychtwald addresses finances, opportunities, and realities of life, and includes inspiring stories of people who have made a difference while providing the resources to enable the reader to do the same. Men and women will identify their strengths, become inspired, and find themselves galvanised into action.
Reviews / Votes
"Healthy living and modern medicine have given our lives longevity. With Purpose is a guide to making the most of all that time-by making a difference that means as much to you as to the people around you." -- -Mehmet Oz, M.D., co-author of YOU: The Owner's Manual "Happiness is about more than what's in the bank. Ken Dychtwald lays out the essential components of an all-weather, successful portfolio-with a significant investment in head, heart, and spirit." -- -Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number: A Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life "Ken Dychtwald brings a moral magnificence to the life-enhancing opportunities that lay before us. To read With Purpose is to be charged with the significance of one's commitment to help, to heal, and to make a better world." -- -Jean Houston, Ph.D., author of The Possible Human and consultant to the United Nations in human development "Here's a thought-provoking and uplifting view of working and learning in the second half of life by one of the world's true experts." -- -Robert B. Reich, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor "With Purpose is a call to change. It will show you how to use your talents to create a better life for yourself and for the people and causes that inspire you." -- -Robert Butler, M.D., Founding Director of the National Institutes on Aging and Pulitzer Prize winning author Why Survive? Being Old in America and The Longevity Revolution: 2008 "Bringing together powerful stories, sage advice, and important insights, this book reveals a generation poised for its encore, ready to usher in a new era of individual and social renewal." -- -Marc Freedman, CEO, Civic Ventures, and author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of LifeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-137312-1 (9780061373121)
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Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success
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Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success
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Persons
Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., is a renowned psychologist, gerontologist and public speaker and the bestselling author of 15 books, including The Power Years, Bodymind, Age Wave and Workforce Crisis. His firm, Age Wave, has consulted on product and service development for baby boomers for more than half the Fortune 500 businesses. He has been featured on 60 Minutes and Oprah as well as in the Wall Street Journal, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Maclean's and TIME. Daniel J. Kadlec is an author and journalist whose work appears regularly in Time and Money magazines. He lives with his wife and three children in Chappaqua, New York.