 | |
 View Larger |
Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life By Richard J. LeiderDavid A. Shapiro ( Berrett-Koehler Publishers )
Release Date: 2002-06-15
Average Customer Rating:
List Price: $17.95
Price: $12.21
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|  Add to Cart |
|
|
Product Description
Repacking Your Bags helps people develop their own unique vision of the good life and take practical steps at home and at work to make that vision a reality. Repacking is a travel guide for success with fulfillment and a more authentically meaningful life. It provides a simple yet elegant process to help people ask the right questions -- and get the right answers -- along the way. It helps them put together a "trip plan" that provides for the elements of the good life: work, love, place, and purpose. As a result of repacking, readers will be able to reach for and achieve their vision of the good life.
|
|
Great if yoyu are going through a life change!
It is a great book to find the positive side of change in any aspect of life, from career to relationships.
|
 And Then What? ( life-workcoach )
Although I was excited by the premise of Repacking Your Bags, I didn't feel that it lived uop to my expectations. The book is well-written and has interesting examples of people making life changes, but somehow the process never becomes completely clear. Perhaps there's not enough in there about how to unpack the bags and how to decide what to leave behind. Perhaps there's comething amiss in the organization. Despite some excellent information, this just never comes to gethe as a process.
|
 Window of Opportunity
I was stuck in a government job for 13 years - budget restraints meant few if any raises over the years - but as a manager/director the responsibilities piled on. I read this book as and most importantly found it easy to apply! I looked at my skill sets using their tools, prioritized what was important to me and rated my risks. I took a job that was to last a year which lastest 3 and tripled my income the first year of leaving Government. I've continued in the vein over the past 6 years. I have recommended this book to everyone I know who is wondering what to do with the rest of their life!
|
Highly Readable
This book dares you to have a "Time Out" from the busines of everyday and examine your life. It reminds you that life is a journey and as such, you have to continually pack and repack to lighten your load. Although it caters more to couples, everyone can benefit from it. This is a must read for someone who's standing at the crossroads of life. The exercises at the end of every chapter are very helpful. Read it, it might help you to throw away some unwanted stuff in your life.
|
Thinking about your baggage? ( treasures_in_the_attic )
Simply put, this book is about considering the choices you've made in life, and making decision based on this idea: "Live in the place you belong, with the people you love, doing the right work, on purpose."Leider and Shapiro use the metaphor of repacking your bags for the journey ahead, mindfully considering what you need to carry with you for your vision of a happy, joyful, purposeful life, and what you can unpack and leave behind. The book contains some inspirational stories, and a number of soul searching exercises. I was challenged by some exercises, which promote dialogue with others as part of the process. Figuring out a life path can be easier with the help of others. Why only three stars? I grew weary of the repacking metaphor, found some exercises too simplistic to aid me, and lost interest once the focus moved on past finding purpose (about 1/2 the book) to other related topics. I give the parts that spoke to me five stars, and less to the rest of the book.
|
|
|
Addiction
