Fit, Fifty and Fired Up
Published on 1. August 2012
312 pages
978-1-74269-998-1 (ISBN)
Description
Are you slogging your guts out at a job you don't particularly like to buy things you don't particularly need? Would you like to spend more time with your family and less time at work? Do you ever wonder what it'd be like to really love what you do?
Ten years on from Fat, Forty and Fired, Nigel Marsh steps off the hamster wheel (again) to grapple with these and other less weighty questions, like: Where the hell has my wife left the cordless phone? and How do I dress my daughter as a bridge for school in ten minutes?
Written with Nigel's customary humour and honesty, Fit, Fifty and Fired Up is a must-read for anyone who's ever dreamt of taking a risk to live a life they feel passionate about...
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Publishing group
Allen & Unwin
File size
1,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-74269-998-1 (9781742699981)
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Fit, Fifty and Fired Up
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08/2012
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Person
Nigel Marsh is the bestselling author of Fat, Forty and Firedand Overworked and Underlaid. His 2010 speech on life, the universe and everything at Sydney's 2010 TED Conference had an instant global impact and remains Australia's most watched TED talk with well over a million hits. Co-founder of Earth Hour and past CEO of a number of high profile advertising agencies, Nigel lives in Bronte with his wife and four children.
Content
- Part title
- Title page
- Introduction
- 1 Fit, Fifty and Fabulous?
- 2 Spot the Difference
- 3 Six Fish
- 4 Me and Steve Martin
- 5 The Hamster Wheel
- 6 Tin Dinner
- 7 Dial H for Liz
- 8 The Long Goodbye
- 9 Porker
- 10 Middle-Class Madness
- 11 The Power of None
- 12 Fuck Off, Lance Armstrong
- 13 Pick a Number
- 14 Shuford2000
- 15 Holland versus Germany
- 16 Hits the Spot
- 17 Wedding Cake Island
- 18 The Magnificent Seven
- 19 Abbeyview
- 20 From Obelisk to Cobblers
- 21 The Letter
- 22 Yvonne Fletcher
- 23 Lampshade
- 24 Pretty Woman
- 25 The Wild Rover
- 26 North Head
- 27 It's All About Me
- 28 Speed Limits
- 29 Washing-Up Liquid and Firm Tofu
- 30 Twenty-eight Red Roses
- 31 Running to Fat
- 32 Who Put the Kiwi in the Lemon?
- 33 Are We There Yet?
- 34 The 40-Day Plan
- 35 Bourgbarre
- 36 Phone Lottery
- 37 The Undertakers
- 38 Rich Fuckers
- 39 Katy Perry
- 40 Count Ketchup
- 41 Slow Down, You're Here
- 42 George Clooney
- 43 Twelve Months, Twelve Lessons
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
