What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? : Starting the Next Chapter of Your Life

by Cantor, Dorothy/Thompson, A.

• ISBN13: 9780316127141
• ISBN10: 0316127140
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-01-23
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co

Summary

This practical and inspiring guide to negotiating life's passages -- especially career change and retirement -- takes readers on a richly rewarding voyage of self-discovery. The ultimate destination: personal as well as professional fulfillment.

Author Biography

Dr. Dorothy Cantor has been practicing psychology for twenty-five years and is a former president of the American Psychological Association Andrea Thompson is a former McCall's editor and a freelance writer

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
The Capacity to Grow, The Need To Choose: An Introduction	p. 3
Retirement Dreams, Job Realities	p. 20
What I Will be Doing When I Am No Longer Spending Most of My Time At the Work I Am Doing Now
My Job Realities--Fifteen Good Things (Besides Money) I Get from My Job
Well-Being and the American Adult: What Is It? Who Has It?	p. 47
The Good Life, Well Lived
Six Dimensions of Adult Well-Being
On the Job, After the Job: Well-Being or Burnout
Purposeful Activity, Serious Leisure, and the Power of Flow
Finding the Fit: Four Stories
From "I'm Going to be an Astronaut" to "I've Got to Pick a Major": Preparing for the "Real World"	p. 69
What I First Longed to Be When I Grew Up
My Obsessions and Reigning Passions
Lessons on the Home Front
My Heroes, My Favorite or Most Unforgettable People
College Days: The Pluses and the Minuses
From Getting a Job to Having Arrived: The World of Work	p. 106
My First Job--What and Why
My Career-Building Years: Steps, Turning Points, and Transitions
What I Loved, What I Hated; What I Was Good At, What I Was Not Good At
Reflecting: The View from the Great Plateau	p. 141
The Balancing Act: My Work, My Family, and the Rest
My Success Equation
What I What to do When I Grow Up: A Plan for the Rest of the Story	p. 159
What I Want, What I Need: The Ten Motivators
How I'll Get There, What Might Stop Me: The Ten Activators
My Retirement Dreams, Revisited
Getting Started, Again	p. 213
Honeymooning
Testing New Waters: The Small Voice of "I Really Should..." The Resistance Factor
The Second Wind: Goal Setting and the Good-Enough Factor
A Touch of Inspiration
Afterword	p. 241
Notes	p. 247
Index	p. 251
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