The Big Shift, 9781610390996
Paperback
“An invaluable and inspiring read”* offering a new perspective to people entering their 50s, 60s, and 70s asking the question: What’s next? (*Wall Street Journal)

The Big Shift

navigating the new stage beyond midlife

$32.39

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    9 April 2012

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Summary

Marc Freedman, hailed by the New York Times as the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life,” offers a recipe for how we can transform America’s coming midlife crisis into a midlife opportunity. Millions of people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are searching for answers to the question What’s next?” and are navigating their way to an entirely new stage of life and work, one that could last as long as midlife. Shifting to a much longer li…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781610390996
ISBN-10:1610390997
Author:Marc Freedman
Publisher:PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:PublicAffairs,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:9 April 2012
Weight:306g
Dimensions:140mm x 214mm x 15mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The New York Times, April 30, 2011 Calls

The New York Times, April 30, 2011 Calls The Big Shift “an imaginative work with the potential to affect our individual lives and our collective future.” The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2011 Says its an “invaluable and inspiring read.” USA Today, April 25, 2011 Hails Freedman as “a natural storyteller, a deep researcher and a forward thinker.” New York Journal of Books, June 2011 “thorough, thoughtful, and exceptionally well written…Page One is a most encompassing volume on the issue of the future of journalism and newspapers…Highly recommended.”

About The Author

Marc Freedman

Marc Freedman is founder and CEO of Civic Ventures. An award-winning social entrepreneur, frequent commentator in the national media, and the author of Encore, Prime Time, and The Kindness of Strangers, Freedman spearheaded the creation of Experience Corps and The Purpose Prize. He lives in San Francisco with his family.

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