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Self Employment Magazines
Portfolio Life: The New Path to Work, Purpose, and Passion After 50
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Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024014
EAN: 9780787983567
ISBN: 078798356X
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2006-11-10
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Studio: Jossey-Bass
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Praise for Portfolio Life
"Dave Corbett's book turns two simple ideas into a program for life-enrichment, that you can create a life expressly for yourself and that the so-called retirement years are the best time to do it. Drawing on a lifetime of work with people who were rethinking what they wanted and their direction, he shows how to do both those things. Be warned: If you read the book, you're going to be changed. But I think you'll like how you turn out."
--Bill Bridges, author, Transitions and Job Shift
"Dave's book reveals a powerful and profound formula for crafting a genuinely rich life. If you agree that retirement is passé, and you are a lifelong learner and have a desire to make your life count in a deeply fulfilling way, you will love this book."
--Fred Harburg, former chief learning officer and president, Motorola University
"Healthy, fit, financially secure, and happy for another 40 years? Is there really that kind of gold over 'them thar' hills? Yes, and Portfolio Life is the guide, leading boomers to a life path never before traveled by so many. Don't pass 50 without it."
--Natalie Jacobson, news anchor, WCVB-TV Boston
"This is the work of a wise, thoughtful author with decades of experience helping people be more successful in the next chapter of their lives. It will help you embrace change and explore the possibilities that come with an additional 20 to 30 productive years to be designed and lived on your own terms."
--Anne Szostak, chairman, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America
"This timely book should be read by anyone of any age who wants his or her life to have meaning and purpose beyond the accumulation of money and things."
--Millard Fuller, founder, Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Guidance for mid life
Comment: Excellent detailed prescription for to lead anyone at midlife to examine options and find fulfillment in their future lives
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Summary: Solid
Comment: A wealth of info for aging boomers. I enjoyed the book. It's a good read.
I feel the book could have been better if presented in a slightly less bland style. But I think the subject matter and the advice dished out compensated for the droll writing style.
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Summary: More effective and cheaper than a life coach
Comment: David Corbett's Portfolio Life was a breath of real fresh air to me. My own retirement had been a muddled mess for a year or more when this book was suggested to me. Read in consort with Marc Freeman's Encore, it will stir your imagination to a better understanding of the creative possibilities of this next stage of life. I cannot recommend it enough and do, in fact, recommend it to people on almost a daily basis.
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Summary: life after 50?
Comment: Don't do it! A book professing to show a new way of life - to lead you to your new (older) destiny? No - just full of platitudes and bland auto-biography - don't waste you money; use it to get a personal coach instead
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Summary: A Different Retirement Book
Comment: Conventional retirement books tend to focus on the event of the end of normal full-time employment, followed by some sort of activity-oriented shift into hobbies and possibly consulting and/or Board Membership. On the other hand, Portfolio Life makes the reader focus on thinking about how we want to spend our time, what balance of activities would be fulfilling, and what rewards (psychic and material) we expect. It suggests not an activity-oriented process, but rather what might be called a liberal enlightenment process. If done successfully, it provides a road map (admittedly and rightfully being updated from time to time) for the rest of our lives. And in Portfolio Life, Corbett provides the reader with useful and practical advice to manage the process and come up with a strategy that can be implemented.
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