Foreword by Richard Bolles: The Gifts We Love
Prologue: Back to the Rhythm
Part 1: Hunting the Invisible Game
Chapter 1: Searchers After Wisdom
Who Do I Want to Be Now That I’m Grown Up?
That’s What It’s All About
Deep Ancestry
Letters to Live For
Letter to Live For: To A Wise Elder
Chapter 2: How to Die Happy
Better Than Good
Becoming Generative
Finding Your Voice
Making Friends With Death
Letter to Live For: To a Departed Loved One
Part II: Saving the World
Chapter 3: Living a Life to Die For
Elephant in the Room
Mid-Life Moratorium
Expecting the Unexpected
Leaving a Footprint in Time
Watching My Dad Run
Living by Giving
Living an Ethical Will
Richard’s Anthropology
Letter to Live For: Ethical Will
Chapter 4: Why Purpose is Good Medicine
Passing the Axe
Money, Medicine, and Meaning
Meaninglessness and Medicine
Purpose and Wellness
How Can I Help?
What Matters Most is a Meaningful Life
Part III: Savoring the World
Chapter 5: Finding Your Way
How Do I Get Down?
Survival for What?
Complaining About Complaining
Holy Discontent
Boomsday
Letter to Live For: Across the Age Divide
Chapter 6: Putting Your Whole Self In
Content, Not Plumage
Guidance for the Ages
What Does Life Expect of Us?
Leave No Trace
Letter to Live For: To Your Younger Self
Epilogue: What’s Next?
Expect the Unexpected
The Sweetness of Ripening
Ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the Top 5 Most Respected
Executive Coaches, Richard is a pioneer in the field of coaching.
Founder and Chairman of The Inventure Group, a coaching firm in
Minneapolis, MN, Richard has a worldwide coaching practice with
many leading executives and organizations. As a seminar leader, he
has taught over 100,000 executives from 50 corporations. Richard is
a popular speaker and a best-selling author and co-author of eight
books, including The Power of Purpose and Repacking Your Bags, both
considered classics in the life/work planning field. A Nationally
Certified Master Career Counselor, Richard holds a Master's degree
in Counseling and is a Senior Fellow at the University of
Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing. Along with his
professional pursuits, he has been leading In- venture Expedition
walking safaris for 25 years in Tanzania, East Africa. Believing
that each of us is born with a purpose, Richard's purpose is to
help people "discover the power of purpose."
David Shapiro is a philosopher, educator, and writer whose personal
and professional interests revolve around questions of meaning and
morality in life and work. He is a tenured faculty member in
philosophy at Cascadia Community College outside Seattle, WA, and
the co-author of three other books with Richard Leider, most
recently, Claiming Your Place at the Fire- Living the Second Half
of Your Life on Purpose (Berrett-Koehler, 2004.) Additionally,
David is Education Director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy
for Children, a nonprofit that brings philosophy and philosophers
into schools and community organizations around the Pacific
Northwest. He defines his purpose as "creating community through
dialogue and reflection."
“Encouraging evidence of something I’ve seen time and again: the
life-giving impact of using one's gifts and passions to serve a
cause or mission that really matters. Lives get transformed,
starting with one's own.”
—Jonathan T. M. Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity
International
“If you want to be inspired, just read this book full of personal,
practical, and surprising stories about what matters, what
works—and what's next.”
—Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President, Senator and
Ambassador
“I cannot think of a more important subject, or a more important
book, than this one. In a world where so many feel set adrift on
choppy seas, we need Something to Live For more than ever.”
—Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
“Until now, we've lacked authoritative maps for the second half of
life. This book provides such a map, and it's a wonderful guide for
everyone to read.”
—Harry R. Moody, Director of Academic Affairs, AARP
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