Audacious Aging

Doug Dickson

Audacious Aging is a collection of thought-provoking and inspirational essays on the topic of what is possible in the second half of life.  The book will change your view of aging and open your eyes to opportunities you may never have imagined.  Contributors include researchers who reveal new scientific insights about the process of aging, thought leaders who share new perspectives on getting the most out of life, and social commentators who illuminate new models for the power and potential of older adults in our society.  You'll recognize many contributors as well-known writers and personalities.  

Order the book directly from Doug at dougdickson17@gmail.com at the Amazon price of $20

Test Drive Your Dream Job

Brian Kurth

You can try your hand at the career of your dreams without risking your present job, your next mortgage payment, or your kids’ future.
You’ll discover how “vocationing”—spending a few vacation days actually in the profession you’ve always wanted—can be the first step toward making that dream come true.

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Leap! What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives?

Sara Davidson

This witty social observer has again turned her discerning eye to her contemporaries, with Leap!, a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges we face and the roads open to us.

In Leap!, Davidson interviews people from across the country and from all walks of life. She sets out on a passionate quest to learn how to do the coming years well.

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Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of LIfe

Marc Freedman

This book tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next thirty years on the golf course.

These men and women are moving beyond midlife careers yet refusing to phase out or fade away. They are searching for a calling in the second half of life, crafting a new phase of work that offers not only continued income but ht epromise of more meaning – and the chance to do work that means something beyond themselves.

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Don't Retire, REWIRE!

Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners

This book contains practical advice on how to develop and implement an action plan. it uses storytelling and examples to illustrate the step-by-step process. the steps can be applied to any life transition, not just retirement.

Very useful for individuals who have done 25 to 30 years in their current corporation or professional field and wish to make a major life style change. This book will enable you to utilize your skills in almost any direction you care to pursue.

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Portfolio Life

David Corbett with Rich Higgens

A survey of the retirement landscape and step-by-step process for creating a life portfolio with practical suggestions and exercises.

David Corbett offers a compelling alternative to traditional retirement. Portfolio Life shows how to adopt a new way of thinking and living in extended middle age.

Corbett describes a life portfolio a balanced mix of work, learning, leisure, family time, and giving back that individuals tailor to their personality and goals.

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Second Acts: Creating the life You Really Want

Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine

A guide to reinventing your life. Whether you wish to change careers, move to a more desirable part of the country, start a business, write a novel, or drop everything to pursue a life dream, Stephen Pollan offers a powerful message of hope and guidance that has benefited his own clients.

Through a series of exercises, you will develop a comprehensive "script" for your second act—a step-by-step action plan that will lead you to the life you’ve always wanted.

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The Wealth of Your Life: Creating Your Ethical Will

Susan Turnbull

Ethical wills, written or recorded documents, permit parents and grandparents to pass on their life stories and learning to their descendants. Susan Turnbull has created a very attractive and usable guidebook to assist the creation of such personal legacies. 

Susan's step-by-step process makes writing an Ethical Will an engaging process of truly understanding what values you want to pass to the next generations...and why.

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Too Young to Retire

Marika Stone and Howard Stone

Written in a friendly, understanding tone, this volume is both inspirational and realistic. It addresses practical issues like money and provides an extensive list of resources for getting started and formulating ideas.

Each chapter also includes a "try this" section, which provides simple and doable ideas for making small life changes on the way to achieving goals. And, indeed, the book does include 101 specific ideas for vocations and avocations to pursue.

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Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes

William Bridges

Whether it is chosen or thrust upon you, change brings both opportunities and turmoil. Since first published 25 years ago, Transitions has helped hundreds of thousands of readers cope with these issues by providing an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap of the transition process.

William Bridges takes readers step by step through the three stages of any transition: The Ending, The Neutral Zone, and, in time, The New Beginning. Bridges explains how each stage can be understood and embraced, leading to meaningful and productive movement into a hopeful future.

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What Do You Want To Do When You Grow Up?

Dorothy Cantor and Andrea Thompson

This is a must book for those who are "in-transition," thinking about retirement, or uncertain about their present career path (the desert experience).

With Thompson's (Material Fitness) capable assistance, Cantor deftly guides readers through a series of clear explanations and cogent exercises, including creating a "life inventory" of personal tendencies, likes and dislikes, and needs for optimal comfort, enjoyment and success, which will enable readers to formulate individualized plans for consciously moving into the next chapter of their lives.

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