Do you want to stop worrying about money and start having more fun? Do you wish you had more time to spend with family and friends? Do you want to live the life you always envisioned? Then it's time for your Power Years. The Power Years is your step-by-step guide to repowerment and personal reinvention after forty. In this unique guidebook, 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. As we baby boomers move into the next stage of life, we now have the opportunity to experience a mold-shattering period of reinvention and personal growth, career liberation, nourishing relationships, and financial freedom. The Power Years helps us envision and embrace this new chapter of life as we develop a carefully thought-out plan for personal fulfillment. Sharing the inspiring stories of fascinating people as well as plenty of prescriptive advice, the authors reveal how you can:* Rediscover your life's purpose* Find a new balance between satisfying work and enjoyable leisure* Thrive in the home and location of your dreams* Rekindle long-held passions and/or find new interests* Rediscover and forge vital relationships* Keep your financial life running smoothly* Contribute to society and leave a lasting legacy* Have fun again! From staying connected with your kids, family, and friends to going back to school for the fun and challenge of it, from finding new companions to volunteering, from exploring a new career to traveling the world, The Power Years is your complete road map to living your best possible life-right now. The Power Years is a step-by-step guide to repowerment and personal reinvention after forty. In this unique guidebook, Ken Dychtwald and Daniel J. Kadlec combine their decades of cutting-edge research and reporting to reveal how readers can make the Power Years the best years of their lives. The Power Years helps readers envision and embrace this new chapter of life as they develop a carefully thought-out plan for personal fulfillment. Sharing inspiring stories of fascinating people and plenty of prescriptive advice, the authors reveal how to rediscover life's purpose, find a balance between work and leisure, rediscover and forge vital relationships, keep finances running smoothly, and more. The Power Years is a complete road map to living the best possible life-right now. "My life keeps getting better, not just because I've enjoyed success in the business world, but because I wake up every day with a passion for what I do. You can-and should-discover that feeling too. Let Dychtwald and Kadlec show you how. They've written a crisp, actionable guide to a great rest of your life." -Donald J. Trump, Chairman of Trump Enterprises and author of Trump: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About Success, Real Estate, and Life "The Power Years, brimming with insights culled from decades of leading-edge research, turns conventional notions of retirement upside down. This upbeat, thoroughly enjoyable book will help you both envision and fund your dreams. Truly, it's a 'user's guide to the rest of your life.'" -Jane Bryant Quinn, author of Making the Most of Your Money "Are you going to live longer-or will it just feel like it? The Power Years is a wonderful guidebook that helps us realize our potential by redefining our expectations as we mature and grow more powerful. An exceptional resource for anyone ready for a new view of their coming decades." -Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and author of YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger "For anyone beginning the second half of life, The Power Years will psyche you up for the great adventure ahead." --Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life? "In the field of 'middlescence,' as he calls it, Ken Dychtwald is the master. I count on his brilliance, his pioneering ideas, his courage, and his optimism and we would all be poorer without him. I recommend The Power Years without reservation. It is a must read." --Richard N. Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute? "I have been learning from Ken Dychtwald for years and am convinced that he is today's most original thinker on this important subject." --President Jimmy Carter "While powerful and complex currents of demographic change are sweeping the globe, little has been said about what the post-World War II generation wants from later life. In The Power Years, Dychtwald and Kadlec provide a well-informed and optimistic roadmap for how this new chapter of life need not be a period of retreat and decline, but instead holds the potential for becoming a time of renewal and personal reinvention." --Sir John Bond, Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc "If you want to make your future years the best years ever--to feel ageless and experience a dynamic, purposeful, joyful, and full life--read The Power Years." --Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series and coauthor of The One Minute Millionaire "Ken Dychtwald and Daniel J. Kadlec have written a fantastic book filled with compelling data and anecdotes that show that the so-called declining years are anything but. The Power Years helped rid me of much of my worry about what lies ahead and gave me specific, solid ideas for how to make the next 50 years top the first 50 for financial success, career satisfaction, and overall fun." --James J. Cramer, author of Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World, CNBC commentator, and cofounder of TheStreet.com

This is a groundbreaking new self-help book for the 84 million Baby Boomers who want a new model for the second half of their lives the "Power Years." In bestselling books such as "Age Wave" and "Age Power," renowned trend-spotter Ken Dychtwald has explored how the aging of North America's 84 million Baby Boomers will influence virtually every aspect of society. Now, for the first time, Dychtwald and "Time" magazine senior writer Daniel Kadlec share the quality-of-life insights gained in three decades of study, research, and reporting and show Baby Boomers how to make the years ahead the best years of their lives. Through inspiring anecdotes, prescriptive advice, cutting-edge research, and even a few cautionary tales, the authors show readers over 40 how to have fun again, find a new balance between satisfying work and enjoyable leisure, enhance the quality of their relationships, re-imagine their lifestyles, rediscover their life's purpose, and keep their financial lives running smoothly in order to fund their future dreams. Published in conjunction with Dychtwald's series of "Power Years" supplements appearing in the "New York Times" magazine throughout 2005, this empowering guide to adult self-reinvention is sure to be a hit with the large, affluent audience of book-buying Baby Boomers. Ken Dychtwald, PhD (San Francisco, CA), is a psychologist and gerontologist and the author of several successful books on aging-related topics, including "Age Power," "Bodymind," and "Age Wave." Widely viewed as North America's leading visionary on the personal, social, and cultural implications of the "Age Wave," he is a consultant to major corporations and organizations and a sought-after public speaker who has presented to more than two million people worldwide. Dr. Dychtwald appears frequently on the "Today" show, "60 Minutes," "Good Morning America," and other programs. In addition to ongoing media coverage of the author in such publications as "Newsweek," "USA Today," "U.S. News and World Report," and "BusinessWeek," a major quarterly "Power Years" supplement is appearing in the "New York Times" magazine in conjunction with the book. Daniel J. Kadlec (Chappaqua, NY), has won multiple writing awards in his nine years as a columnist and senior writer at "Time" magazine; he previously won awards for columns in "USA Today." He has been a contributing editor at CNN and has appeared on "Good Morning America," CNBC, and PBS's "Wall Street Week" and "Nightly Business Report."

Success can be looked at in different ways from different points in your life. As a child, it was pleasing one's parents; in high school, it may have been about academic achievement and popularity; as a working adult, success is often represented by earning a good salary and the respect of others. But what about the years after initial goals have been pursued? What constitutes success then? Leisure or legacy? For more and more people, it's about making things better and about improving the world-large or small-in a lasting way. It's about changing the community, the nation, the political landscape, and the environment. "A New Purpose" focuses on why readers should commit to having a lasting impact on the world and how they can do it. Ken Dychtwald addresses finances, opportunities, and realities of life, and includes inspiring stories of people who have made a difference while providing the resources to enable the reader to do the same. Men and women will identify their strengths, become inspired, and find themselves galvanised into action.

The definition of success changes as you grow in life. As a child, it meant pleasing your parents; in high school, it may have meant good grades or popularity; as a professional, success usually means a good salary and the respect of others. But what about the years after your initial goals have been pursued and met? What does success mean then? Leisure or legacy?

For more and more people, it's about making things better and about improving the world in a lasting, significant way--about changing people's lives and altering the course of history for the better. There's an environment to protect and communities to strengthen. There are minds to change and hearts to win. There are examples to set and legacies to leave--your legacy.

"With Purpose" is for the bold, for the dreamers who act. It's an urging on why you should commit to have a lasting impact on the world, and it's a manifesto on what you can do to maximize that impact, regardless of whether or not you think you have the resources to do it: you do. It will inspire you, show you how to identify your strengths, and make your next success a significant one.