Claiming Your Place at the Fire - Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose
Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2018
Summary
A practical guide to living your later years with wisdom and purpose, featuring inspiring stories and thought-provoking exercises.When we claim our place at the fire, we enter into the circle of vital elders who have been the source of wisdom in society since time immemorial. We do this by courageously reexamining and rediscovering who we are, where we belong, what we care about, and what our life’s purpose is.Claiming Your Place at the Fire invites you to approach the second half of your lif…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781576752975 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1576752976 |
| Author: | Leider |
| Publisher: | Berrett-Koehler |
| Imprint: | Berrett-Koehler |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 90mm x 61mm x 5mm |
| Series: | Berrett-koehler |
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Critics Review
“This is a book that will comfort anyone afraid of growing old. It sheds new light on vital aging.”
—Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President, Senator and Ambassador
“As a generation, baby boomers have long been called ‘the rat in the python.’ Claiming Your Place at the Fire challenges us to be the python, not the rat—and to start by shedding our generational skins. This book is thoughtful, warm, helpful, and above all else, wise.”
—Alan M. Webber, Founding Editor, Fast Company
About The Author
Leider
Richard J. Leider is a founding partner of The Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting firm in Minneapolis. A National Certified Career Coach, he has been helping people to discover their life’s purpose for more than thirty years.David A. Shapiro is Education Director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children, a non-profit organization that brings philosophy and philosophers into the lives of young people through literature, philosophical works, and group activities.Together Leider and Shapiro have coauthored the bestselling books Repacking Your Bags and Whistle While You Work.
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