Repacking Your Bags Lighten Your Load for the Good Life

by Leider, Richard J.; Shapiro, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781609945497
• ISBN10: 1609945492
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-10
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

The first and second editions of Repacking Your Bags helped people develop their own unique vision of the good life and take practical steps at home and at work to make sense of their lives and live in an authentically meaningful way. Written as a travel guide iIt helped people to put together a "trip checklist" that provided the elements of the good life: work, love, place, and purpose. But Leider and Shapiro came to realize that repacking is not something we do once or twice in reaction to a sense of disillusionment or frustration in our lives. Developing one's own vision of the good life is a matter of constant and evolving choice, as the inevitable shifts and surprises life has to offer continually unfold before us. With each step along the way, it remains necessary to re-examine what has brought us here, to continue asking ourselves if the choices that have sustained us so far are continuing to do so-or if they're just weighing us down. This edition has been thoroughly revised to make it applicable for readers today. The changes include: Refocused message on the new life and work realities and the survival skills required to succeed More practices and experiences for "lightening your load." Fresh new stories of "people just like me", the reader. A new "Repacking Journal" Addition of Leider's immensely popular Calling Cards exercise for discovering your gifts, passions and values, with access to a Calling Cards online profile

Author Biography

Richard J. Leider is founder of the Inventure Group and is consistently rated as one of the top executive coaches in the world. He is a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing and author or coauthor of seven other books. David A. Shapiro is a faculty member at Cascadia Community College and the education director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children. He is author or coauthor of four other books.

Table of Contents

Preface: Why Did We Redo It Again?	p. vii
Prologue: The Question That Started It All	p. 1
What Is the Good Life?	p. 11
Unpacking Your Bags	p. 27
Repacking Your Place Bag	p. 43
Repacking Your Relationship Bag	p. 55
Repacking Your Work Bag	p. 79
Repacking On Purpose	p. 103
The Freedom of the Road	p. 143
Epilogue: Lightening Your Load	p. 169
Repacking Journal
The Good Life Inventory	p. 181
The Good Life Checklist	p. 185
Creating a Repacking Group	p. 189
Repacking Resources	p. 197
Notes	p. 199
Index	p. 201
About the Authors	p. 207
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