Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, and Reinvent Your Work in Midlife and Beyond

by Walton, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780071787857
• ISBN10: 0071787852
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-07
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

There's no better time than nowto remake your career and life Neuroscience research reveals that creativity spikes in our later yearsmaking midlife an ideal time to change professions. This breakthrough career-reinvention guide shows workers in their forties and over how to leverage this newfound potential. Boundless Potentialempowers you with the knowledge, inspiration, and tools to kick-start anything from a new entrepreneurial venture to a new career. Using case studies, interviews, and revelations from cutting-edge research, it offers a blueprint for personal and work reinvention in midlife and a glimpse of the true lifelong potential of the human mind. Mark S. Waltonis a professor of leadership in the U.S. Navy's Advanced Management Program and a distinguished lecturer in management at the Senior Executive Institute and Kenan-Flagler Graduate Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His book Generating Buy-Inwas selected by Soundview Executive Summaries as one of the Top 30 business books of the year.

Table of Contents

The Reinventive Process
The New Normal	p. 3
Meeting on the Edge of Tomorrow
Where is Your Fascination?	p. 19
Success Story
A Blueprint for Reinvention	p. 35
The Secret of Reinventive Work
Structuring Your Future	p. 65
Success Story
Diverted to the Desert	p. 83
How America Got Hooked on Retirement
The Science of Lifelong Success
The Magic Touch	p. 97
Success Story
The Neuroscience of Potential	p. 113
Why We're Hardwired to Reinvent
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	p. 145
Success Story
Happiness Built to Last
Eugeria	p. 159
How Paying It Forward Pays You Back
The Road to Reinvention	p. 189
Success Story
The Encore Manifesto	p. 203
Leveraging the Age Wave
Realizing Your Potential	p. 217
Lessons for Getting Started
Epilogue The Rhythm of Reinvention	p. 233
Notes	p. 239
Acknowledgments	p. 247
About the Author	p. 249
Index	p. 251
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