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

by Dychtwald, Ken; Kadlec, Daniel J.

• ISBN13: 9780470051320
• ISBN10: 0470051329
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-18
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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! Book jacket.

Author Biography

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. His Web site is www.agewave.com.

DANIEL J. KADLEC won multiple writing awards as a columnist and senior writer at Time magazine and earlier as a columnist at USA Today. Author of Masters of the Universe, Kadlec has been a contributing editor to CNN and a guest discussing aging and financial issues on the major networks.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
Welcome to the Power Years	5	(20)
New Ways to Have Fun	25	(24)
Rediscovering and Forging Vital Relationships	49	(32)
Creating Your New Dream Job	81	(34)
Lifelong Learning Adventures	115	(32)
Where and How to Live	147	(32)
Achieving Financial Freedom	179	(32)
Leaving a Legacy	211	(26)
Authors' Note	237	(2)
Notes	239	(4)
Index	243