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How to craft a meaningful and joyful life after a high performing career isn't necessarily obvious. It's a highly personal experience that takes some experimenting to discover the ideal mix that works for you. In How to Craft Your Chapter X, author Michael F. Kay shares not only his own journey as a high-performing man, but compelling insights, lessons and stories from his Chapter X community. He lays out a roadmap with exercises designed for each man to discover his own path.

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""How to Craft Your Chapter X is a clear, honest guide for high-performing men who feel unmoored in retirement. Michael Kay shows that meaning is not something we lose, but something we realign by leveraging our core values."" -John P. Weiss, author of The Morning Fox ""Michael F. Kay offers a hugely helpful and personal guide for men who find the transition from full-time work to retirement challenging, nerve-racking, and even bewildering. By sharing his advice and life experiences as well as wise counsel from men living through ""Chapter X,"" he offers perspective and insights unlike those found in most other books about retirement."" -Richard Eisenberg, ""The View From Unretirement"" columnist at MarketWatch ""Michael Kay's guide for high-performing men to discover meaning and fun in retirement is invaluable for people considering stopping their career working for money or for those who already have retired and might still be struggling. It's a well-written and well-organized book, upbeat, encouraging, and realistic. Michael refers to his personal experiences as well as shares stories from clients. Several chapters are written by other professionals, which add additional insights. The many exercises and a few visualizations allow the reader to reshape, restructure, realign, and reimagine their future life."" -Rand Selig, author of Thriving! How to Create a Healthier, Happier, and More Prosperous Life ""Like the Olympic Games, professional careers celebrate one's ability to strive. But what happens when the striving stops? Letting go, reimagining, and reinventing ourselves beyond our career identity is hard. How to Craft Your Chapter X brings simplicity and joy to a process that engages our next chapter of creativity, connection, and growth. I wish I would have had Michael as a guide when I transitioned out of the Olympic world. But I am grateful to have How to Craft Your Chapter X at this new stage of life."" -Joe Jacobi, Olympic Gold Medalist, executive coach and author ""I heartily endorse Michael Kay's recommendations for putting together a happy, successful retirement. Many retirees struggle with issues such as loss of status; they may feel the anxiety of no longer having the same sense of purpose. Michael encourages us to think of retirement not as a dreaded endpoint or an extended vacation, but rather as an opportunity to transition to a new set of rewarding activities that fit our values and interests. How to Craft Your Chapter X is an excellent book, with each chapter offering helpful insights regarding how to objectively evaluate our situation post-career and then to develop a plan. Michael's recommended approach offers a set of core principles (e.g., taking Purposeful Action, adopting a Growth Mindset), utilizes helpful exercises and frameworks like the Wheel of Retirement, and includes extremely useful ""guest articles"" like ""Aging Backwards"" by Philip Pape. Overall, it reminds me very much of What Color Is Your Parachute?-that venerable guidebook for navigating the challenges of one of life's earlier transitions, choosing a career and searching for a job."" -Ken Mifflin, management consultant

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