The Adult Years: Mastering the Art of Self Renewal

__The most compelling book ever written on personal transition and transformation.__--James M. Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge Designed for adults who wish to establish a life course, manage changes, and engage in lifelong learning, The Adult Years is an important guide for self-renewal and reorientation. Frederic Hudson's study is a fresh and thoughful approach to adult life. It explores how adults can design meaningful lives that flow, with intelligence and flexibility, through these changing and uncertain times. Part 1: The Emerging Adult -- The Adult Dilemma -- Finding Fulfillment In Cyclical Lives -- Table 1. Linear And Cyclical Views, 64 -- Part 2: The Cycle Of Change: Life Structures And Transitions -- The Pattern Of Change -- Map 1. The Cycle Of Change, 53 -- From Dreaming To Restructuring -- From Disengaging To Cocooning -- From Self-renewal To New Beginnings -- Part 3: The Life Cycle -- Meaning And Mission Across The Life Cycle -- Table 2. Decade Orientations In The Life Cycle, 132 -- Map 2. The Adult Life Cycle, 134 -- The Twenties And Thirties: Breaking Out, Staking Out, And Making It -- The Forties And Fifties: Taking Charge And Enjoying Life -- The Sixties And Seventies: Starting Over And Coming To Terms -- Getting From Here To There: Six Principles Of Life-cycle Change -- Table 3. Historical Values, 188 -- Part 4: Adults And Global Change -- Valuing The Global Context -- The Self-renewing Adult, The Self-renewing Society -- Epilogue: A New Profession Of Adult Mentors. Frederic M. Hudson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 233-265) And Indexes. The most compelling book ever written on personal transition and transformation. --James M. Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge Designed for adults who wish to establish a life course, manage changes, and engage in lifelong learning, The Adult Years is an important guide for self-renewal and reorientation. Frederic Hudson's study is a fresh and thoughful approach to adult life. It explores how adults can design meaningful lives that flow, with intelligence and flexibility, through these changing and uncertain times.