Claiming Your Place At The Fire

Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext To claim one's place at the fire means to live ones life on purpose. 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. -from the introduction If you're in, or about to enter, "the second half of life, " this practical guide will show you how to claim your rightful place among the "new elders"-men and women who "use the second half of life as an empty canvas, a blank page, a hunk of clay to be crafted on purpose." Through inspiring stories and thought-provoking exercises, you'll learn to ask, and answer, four key questions: Who am I? How do I stoke the wisdom gained in the first half of my life to burn more brightly in the second half? Where do I belong? What makes a place the right place for me in the second half? What do I care about? Where do I want to use my gifts and talents in the second half? What is my purpose? How do I leave a legacy that has real meaning for myself and my loved ones? This book provides a new model for vital aging. It shows you how to age successfully by living on purpose. Introduction The Four Flames of Vital Aging Living on Purpose in the Second Half of Life In our earlier book, Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life, we developed a definition of the “good life” that included four components: place, people, work, and purpose. We defined the good life as “Living in the place you belong, with people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.” While this definition applied to people who were in the first half of their lives, we’ve found it to be no less pertinent to individuals who are entering into the second half. In the second half of life, the same questions that drive our conception of the good life during the first half inevitably return. Who am I? Where do I belong? What do I care about? What is my life’s purpose? Only now, in the second half, we have a unique opportunity to be the author of our own story. We have a chance to rewrite it, rather than simply replicate the first half. It has become clear to us that becoming a new elder demands a rekindling of the good life. It requires drawing upon the wisdom we have gained in the first half. 3 With the four components of the good life in mind, we have been able to identify four common principles among those seasoned citizens who are becoming new elders—individuals who are living on purpose in the second half of their lives. These principles have become apparent as we’ve observed the indic...

List of contents

Invitation to the Fire
Prologue At the Fireside: The New Elder
Introduction The Four Flames of Vital Aging
Chapter 1: The Flame of Identity: Recalling Our Stories
Chapter 2: The Flame of Community: Refinding Our Place
Chapter 3: The Flame of Passion: Renewing Our Calling
Chapter 4: The Flame of Meaning: Reclaiming Our Purpose
Epilogue: Keeping the Fire Alive
Notes
Index
About the Authors

About the author

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.

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 life as an empty canvas, ready to be filled with a new and vibrant sense of purpose. It shows you how to stoke the wisdom you’ve gained to burn more brightly to light the way for yourself and others. Through stories and exercises, you will learn to look at yourself with new eyes and answer four key questions: 

Who am I?  
Where do I belong? 
What do I care about?
and What is my purpose

Product details

• Authors: Leider, Richard Leider, Richard J. Leider, Shapiro, David A. Shapiro
• Publisher: Berrett Koehler Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2004
• EAN: 9781576752975
• ISBN: 978-1-57675-297-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Series: UK Professional General Reference
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development