Book Recommendations - Helping to Focus on Next Chapter

"The Top Five Regrets of the Dying" by Bronnie Ware

"Falling Upward" by Richard Rohr

"Strength to Strength" and "Build The Life You Want" by Arthur Brooks

"The Second Mountain" by David Brooks

"The Soul of Wealth" by Daniel Crosby

"The Art of Spending Money" by Morgan Housel

And here's a video summary of Falling Upward:

Falling_Upward Video.mp4

And another video that collapses some of the main ideas from those books:

https://youtu.be/wHJXrkLg-E4

I work with a lot of business owners helping them figure out their next chapter and for many, work and saving isn't the primary focus, so I am always looking for good content/books on that. There are several that are hot off the press that might be of interest. Arthur Brooks has a new book: The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness. I enjoyed From Strength to Strength which was already mentioned. Another one is: Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose by Jennifer Wallace. A third is Rethink Retirement: It's Not the End-It's the Beginning of What's Next by Andi Simon. An oldie but goodie is Half Time, Bob Burg. I have not read the new ones, but the are on my list. They've gotten good reviews.

The Joy of Not Working by Ernie J Zelinski was kind of a funny one that I enjoyed during a break from employment.

I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, but if its a book about what life can be like after reaching FI, but not really about money at all then I wrote one. I don't want to self promote so if you PM me I will send you a code for a free audiobook copy if you want.

Retiring: Creating A Life That Works for You by Amabile, Teresa et al. This book used deep interviews and longitudinal study of what people do as they transition into a life without work at the center. It's informative and prescriptive.

Not a book, but the podcast Two Sides of FI did this for me. Both hosts are now FI and retired but for most of the podcast one host was already FI and retired and the other host was still working and accumulating. They are two friends having conversations about how they think about the value of their time and designing a lifestyle. I recommend starting at episode 1 so you can follow their interesting journey of self discovery.

Check out The Five Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom. (Finances is the last type) Includes great exercises to see where you really are with each type and actionable steps to acquire more "wealth" in each category- health, relationships, service, etc.

From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks - especially good for those of us who are 40+ and thinking about the second half of our life

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