Game Plan
Winning Strategies for the Second Half of Your Life
- Work, Money & Leadership
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Published: 1999
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Publisher's Description
Thousands of readers have found an exciting new vision for the second half of life in the bestselling book, Halftime. Bob Buford showed us that we aren't experiencing a midlife crisis that's winding us down to our retirement years, but a break in the game that can prepare us for the most exciting half of life. In Game Plan, Buford gives you a practical way to move from success to significance and create an individual strategy that can get you where you want to be five... ten... twenty... thirty... or more years from now. If you sense it's time for a positive change in your life, Game Plan gives you the tools to uncover your best self, aim for your highest dreams, and make your career and personal life more meaningful and fulfilling than ever.
Endorsements (21)
“Bob Buford’s first book, Halftime, made a great impact on me. I needed that focused perspective! His sincere commitment to significance in life is an inspiration to many including me. I’m excited about the opportunity to take another journey with Bob in Game Plan.”
“In Halftime Bob Buford deeply struck a chord with thousands of middle-agers who yearn for something more. Now with Game Plan he shows them how to find it. Inspired by Buford’s own remarkable midlife transition, these two books open a whole new world of possibilities for a generation uniquely positioned to give, and by giving to receive.”
“Chairman of the Board, Austin Industries, Inc. Bob Buford and I have partnered together in challenges of various kinds for over a decade. I have enormous respect for him. And no one shares his enthusiasm for his Halftime insights more than I do. Here’s to a scintillating and satisfying Second Half.”
“Game Plan is the next step in the journey toward purpose-driven living. Bob has written another winner!”
“Though obviously a very committed Christian, Bob Buford’s writings are applicable to individuals of any faith. He appropriately challenges all of us to make a difference in Halftime and helps us to develop our individual road map in Game Plan. His guidance should give readers the opportunity to fulfill their dreams in a much more significant way than in the first half of their life.”
“Bob Buford once again encourages us to wake up to what really matters in life, and then challenges us to have the fortitude to plan and live accordingly.”
“Nearly everyone past forty has a choice. Do I drift into old age? Or do I believe the best years of my life are still ahead of me? If you choose the second alternative, you will need a game plan, and this book will help you design it.”
“Bob is really in touch with the issues that challenge me and, I suspect, many other men. His wisdom combined with his thoughtful suggestions and challenges make his books truly unique.”
“Chairman and CEO, Frito-Lay, Inc. This successor to Halftime, his book on stock-taking at midlife, gives you the step-by-step instructions for doing what he had earlier simply recommended. If you are trying to decide what comes next for you, this is the book to help you do it.”
“If you are in your forties or fifties, you may already be thinking of retirement. Bob Buford looks you in the eye and asks “retire from what, to do what?” In an open and engaging way, Game Plan tells us how and why everyone in the middle years of their life needs to change their view of success. Bob’s own story of moving from mere achievement to magnified significance is inspiring, but more important, it is also a good map for those eager to embrace the future. So if you’d like to do what you really want to do for the next thirty years or so, reading Game Plan is a strategic place to start.”
“This book succeeds hugely, in describing the predictable moments of midlife passage, plotting the longitude and latitude of a man or woman’s forties and fifties. Buford is this era’s cartographer to the human soul.”
“Bob Buford lays out in crystal clear terms those ideologies and lifestyle approaches that make the mature years satisfying and meaningful. He gives a clear vision and sense of direction for a meaningful follow-up to the first half.”
“In this book, Bob Buford helps us understand how to implement your game plan for the second half, with a goal-line objective of significance.”
“Bob Buford has an uncanny ability to understand the issues and emotions of those grappling with the rest of their lives. Game Plan takes the next step from defining the opportunity to making a strategy and taking action.”
“Bob Buford has done a remarkable job of taking stock at life’s intersections, then finding fresh ways to leverage his experiences, energies, and resources in service to others. Many find his insights catalysts for growth.”
“President and Chief Executive Officer, Christianity Today, Inc. Bob Buford challenges us to enjoy and appreciate the second half of life’s journey. It is our chance to exert our greatest influence. Game Plan offers great commonsense instructions to map the way. I highly recommend it.”
“Game Plan guides us in our efforts to convert good intentions into effective and fulfilling action. It’s an invaluable tool to produce results. J. McDonald Williams Chairman, The Trammell Crow Company And from the best-selling Halftime: This inspiring book comes out of the mind and heart of a truly remarkable individual and addresses an enormous need in our society—how to find meaning and fulfillment in the second half of our lives. In short, how to move from success to significance!”
“Halftime by Bob Buford is a radically personal, honestly engaging, deeply moving, and spiritually challenging book. It confronts the reader with the crucial choice between success and fruitfulness, death and life, fear and love. It is a true call to conversion by a man for whom conversion has become an ongoing way of life.”
“This book is for successful people who want more fulfillment in their lives and realize it won’t come from the next victory, the next sale, the next conquest, or a significant increase in their bottom line. Let Bob Buford be your guide to make sure your best years are ahead of you.”
“When you know a man has touched the peaks of success in what he does, been in the pit of intense grief and suffering in what he has experienced, and made the resolute choice to serve God with all he has and is, you want to read whatever he might write about his life and thoughts. You want to learn the secrets heaven has whispered to him, to know his soul and walk his path. This book will make all of that possible.”
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