If you're in, or about to enter, “the second half of life,” this practical guide will show you how to claim your rightful place among the “new elders”- men and women who “use the second half of life as an empty canvas, a blank page, a hunk of clay to be crafted on purpose. “Through inspiring stories and thought-provoking exercises, you'll learn to ask, and answer, four key questions:

• who am l ? How do l stoke the wisdom gained in the first half of my life to burn more brightly in the second half?

• Where do belong? What makes a place the right place for me in thesecond half?

• What do l care about? Where do l want to use my gifts and talents in the second half?

• What is my purpose? How do l leave a legacy that has real meaning for my life?

This book provides a new model for vital aging. It shows you how to age successfully by living on purpose.

RICHARD J. LEIDER is a founding partner or the Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting firm in Minneapolis . A National Certified Career Counselor, he has been helping people to discover their life's purpose for more than thirty years.

DAVID A. SHAPIRO is Education Director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children, a non-profit organization that brings philosophy and philosophers into the lives of young people through literature, philo-sopical works, and group activities.

Together, Leider and Shapiro have coauthored the bestselling books Repacking Your Bags and Whistle While You Work.