Discussing the Book of the Month
October 2004 - Claiming Your Place at the Fire : Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose
Claiming Your Place at the Fire is as much a take-back-your-life manifesto as it is a business book. This inspiring blueprint offers help for baby boomers approaching middle age -- and others -- struggling with work-life balance, dwindling passion in their jobs, and a feeling that they are doing little more than slouching toward retirement.
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Discussion Questions
- In the last week, what have you truly enjoyed doing? Can you reorganize your schedule to allow more time for that activity?
- Whom among your peers would you identify as new elders? What can you learn from them?
- As you approach the second half of your life, what about the first half do you want to keep and burnish? What would you like to discard?
- Have you begun to think about your own legacy, about what you will leave behind? As you do, what aspect makes you smile? What could you do to improve that legacy?
