Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Good Life (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

"A marvelous blend of wisdom, inspiration, and hope. A timely book with a timeless message, I recommend it to anyone interested in living a good life."
--Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States

"Whether you're starting out on your journey or are well along the way, this classic book will give you the knowledge, insight, and inspiration you'll need for the trip."
--Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

"Our lives today unfold like spirals instead of along predictable lines. This is the essential guide for negotiating the twists and turns. More timely than ever. Clear, life changing, compelling."
--Sally Helgesen, coauthor of The Female Vision and author of The Female Advantage and The Web of Inclusion

"This is a practical and inspirational guide to finding joy and fulfillment at any stage of life by challenging your assumptions and using your gifts and passions to make a difference in the world."
--Jonathan T. M. Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity International

hjhgjg"Richard Leider and David Shapiro know that the world is spinning faster and faster. We need to travel with lighter and lighter baggage each year. So they've repacked their book to help us repack our bags."
--Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute? 2012

"So often in our lives we approach that 'next chapter.' Now we have an extraordinary guidebook. Required reading for all those who seek meaning and fulfillment in their lives."
--John Hendricks, founder and Chairman, Discovery Channel and Discovery Communications

"This book is both profound and simple, timely and timeless. It speaks from experience and to the heart. We can all learn from it and we should all read it and we should all say 'thank you' to its authors. It's that special and that essential."
--Alan M. Webber, cofounder, Fast Company magazine, and author of Rules of Thumb

"Repacking Your Bags inspires all of us with its vision and is a great guidebook for the good life."
--Frances Hesselbein, President and CEO, The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

"At a time when people have the opportunity to pursue multiple careers and live in different locations over a lifetime, this book is a guide to finding more happiness, satisfaction, and purpose along the way. It can change your life--for the better!"
--Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD, cofounder, Omega Institute, and founder, Blue Spirit Costa Rica

"This new edition holds the key to rethinking your life and its purpose and having the courage to follow your inner compass. Repacking could transform your life."
--Bill George, Professor, Harvard Business School; former Chair and CEO, Medtronic; and bestselling author of True North and True North Groups

"This book will help you figure out what really matters in life--and what doesn't matter! This new edition makes a fantastic book even better."
--Marshall Goldsmith, PhD, bestselling author of Mojo and What Got You Here Won't Get You There

"If you want to make your life thrive in a deeply purposeful way and live longer and better, you will love this book."
--Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones and Thrive

"Few books are as transformative as this one. The insights gained in Repacking Your Bags have changed my own life forever."
--Tom Kolditz, PhD, Brigadier General (retired), former Head, De --Clive A. Meanwell, MD, founder, The Medicines Company

Richard J. Leider is founder of the Inventure Group and is consistently rated as one of the top executive coaches in the world. He is a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing and author or coauthor of seven other books.

David A. Shapiro is a faculty member at Cascadia Community College and the education director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children. He is author or coauthor of four other books.