The first and second editions of Repacking Your Bags helped people develop their own unique vision of the good life and take practical steps at home and at work to make sense of their lives and live in an authentically meaningful way. Written as a travel guide it helped people to put together a "trip checklist" that provided the elements of the good life: work, love, place, and purpose. But Leider and Shapiro came to realize that repacking is not something we do once or twice in reaction to a sense of disillusionment or frustration in our lives. Developing one's own vision of the good life is a matter of constant and evolving choice, as the inevitable shifts and surprises life has to offer continually unfold before us. With each step along the way, it remains necessary to re-examine what has brought us here, to continue asking ourselves if the choices that have sustained us so far are continuing to do so - or if they're just weighing us down. This edition has been thoroughly revised to make it applicable for readers today. The changes include: Refocused message on the new life and work realities and the survival skills required to succeed More practices and experiences for "lightening your load." Fresh new stories of "people just like me", the reader. A new "Repacking Journal" Addition of Leider's immensely popular Calling Cards exercise for discovering your gifts, passions and values, with access to a Calling Cards online profile Now Available The Repacking Journal App (available on the Apple App Store and iTunes for the iPad (optimized for larger tablet screen size) and on the iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices, and on Google Play for the Android smartphones) is a helpful and fun way to keep track of where you are on your life journey. It includes a 30-question Good Life Inventory with auto scoring and interpretation, covering themes such as work, people, place, and purpose. The app also includes thoughtful questions to help repack, a life travel check-list, and repacking resources. All answers are saved in the app and can be updated as often as you wish. The Repacking Journal App is a perfect way to keep on the Good Life track and to practice repacking your bags and on a regular basis.

Purpose is fundamental and gives life meaning. It gives us the will not just to live but to live long and well. In this new edition of his bestselling classic, legendary personal coach Richard Leider offers brand - new tools and techniques for unlocking it. The third edition has been completely revised and updated. In addition to new stories, examples, and resources, it features four new chapters. "Purpose across the Ages" looks at how purpose can evolve during our lives. "The 24 - Hour Purpose Retreat" includes seven mind - opening questions to help you unlock your purpose. "The Purpose Checkup" offers a new tool for periodically evaluating the health of your purpose. And in "Can Science Explain Purpose?" we learn what researchers are discovering about how an increased sense of purpose can improve our health, healing, happiness, longevity, and productivity. Purpose is an active expression of our values and our compassion for others - it makes us want to get up in the morning and add value to the world. Leider details a graceful, practical, and ultimately spiritual process for making it central to your life. This revitalized guide will help you integrate it into everything you do.

This third edition of legendary personal coach Richard Leider's bestselling classic on finding your purpose has been completely revised and updated throughout. In addition to new stories and examples it includes three new chapters. The Science of Purpose highlights what cutting-edge research has found are the positive benefits of having an increased sense of purpose; The Three Stages of Purpose looks at how our purpose can change throughout our lives; and A Guide to Writing Your Purpose Statement offers seven mind-opening questions to help you unlock your purpose (and there's a default purpose you can go to if you're struggling). Leider details a graceful, practical, and ultimately spiritual process for making your unique purpose central to your life. This revitalized guide will help you find your reason to get up in the morning and integrate it into everything you do. Purpose is fundamental to human life. It is what makes us human. Purpose gives us the will not just to live, but to live long and well. The good news is, purpose isn't a grand concept reserved for a gifted few but something each one of us already possesses, needing only to be uncovered.