Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life

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The Power Years is your step-by-step guide to repowerment. World-renowned psychologist and leading authority on aging Ken Dychtwald and award-winning journalist Daniel J. Kadlec combine their decades of cutting-edge research and reporting to reveal how you can make the Power Years the best years of your life-by far. Sharing the inspiring stones of real people as well as plenty of prescriptive advice, the authors reveal how you can: Rediscover your life's purpose, Reinvent retirement by finding a new balance ...
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Overview

The Power Years is your step-by-step guide to repowerment. World-renowned psychologist and leading authority on aging Ken Dychtwald and award-winning journalist Daniel J. Kadlec combine their decades of cutting-edge research and reporting to reveal how you can make the Power Years the best years of your life-by far. Sharing the inspiring stones of real people as well as plenty of prescriptive advice, the authors reveal how you can: Rediscover your life's purpose, Reinvent retirement by finding a new balance between work and leisure, Thrive in the home and location of your dreams, Rekindle long-held passions and/or find new interests, Rediscover and forge vital relationships, Fund your dreams, Contribute to society and leave a lasting legacy, Have fun again!
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the average 40-year-old could expect to live only 6 more years. Now, with average longevity soaring above 77 years, 40-year-olds are barely past the midpoint of their lives. Psychologist and gerontologist Ken Dychtwald has spent decades researching the possibilities and potential pitfalls of aging. The author of Age Power and Age Wave offers readers specific advice about pursuing dreams, deepening relationships, and achieving financial freedom. Required baby boomer reading.
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* "The Power Years offers an elixir of hope, optimism and can-do spirit." (USA Today, October 3, 2005)
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Helping baby boomers as they age has become a popular subject for writers who are often boomers themselves. The messages are usually upbeat and optimistic, ensuring readers that the best times are ahead. In The Power Years, Dychtwald (Age Power) and Kadlec, a senior writer at Time magazine, focus on the choices and opportunities that are available upon retirement, with more time for friends, family, learning, and fun. They combine inspirational case stories and practical advice to help seniors start new businesses and rekindle the love fires. While all readers will relish the positive message, the book will best suit the affluent. Editor Sellers commissioned experts like Rabbi Harold Kushner, clothing designer Diane Von Furstenberg, and makeup artist Bobbi Brown to write essays dealing with attitude, appearance, fitness, career, money, and fun. Garrison Keillor tells readers to stop complaining, while Harold Bloom advises them to read the classics. Doctors discuss nutrition and life-saving procedures, while financial experts talk about investments. It's a great book to browse or read piecemeal. Highly recommended; sales of the book will be donated to cancer organizations. In The Time of Your Life, Wheeler, a columnist on aging for the Ventura County, CA, STAR, has collected her best work on health, recreation, creative activities, grandparenting, new careers, and relationships; her goal is to help readers grow older with zest and enjoyment. To her credit, she also covers the importance of pets, crimes against seniors, and end-of-life issues-subjects not found in similar books on aging. This is an enjoyable and helpful read, though Wheeler's family anecdotes and pictures detract. For larger libraries. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780471674948
  • Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 8/26/2005
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.54 (h) x 0.99 (d)

Meet the Author

KEN DYCHTWALD, Ph.D., a world-renowned psychologist and gerontologist, is the author of numerous bestselling books including Age Wave, Bodymind, and Age Power. He is widely viewed as North America's most original thinker and leading visionary on the longevity revolution. As a sought-after advisor to major global corporations and organizations, he lectures widely and appears frequently in broadcast and print media, including the Today show, 60 Minutes, and Good Morning America. See his Web site, www.agewave.com.

DANIEL J. KADLEC has won multiple writing awards in his nine years as a columnist and senior writer at Time magazine and in previous years while a columnist and editor at USA Today. Author of Masters of the Universe, Kadlec has been a contributing editor to CNN and has appeared on major networks on shows such as Good Morning America, CNBC, and PBS's Wall Street Week, and the Nightly Business Report.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Welcome to the Power Years.

2. New Ways to Have Fun.

3. Rediscovering and Forging Vital Relationships.

4. Creating Your New Dream Job.

5. Lifelong Learning Adventures.

6. Where and How to Live.

7. Achieving Financial Freedom.

8. Leaving a Legacy.

Authors’ Note.

Notes.

Index.

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