Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Second Acts

I'm reading a great book! It's called "Second Acts," and it's written by Stephen Pollan. Mr. Pollan is an attorney, a financial expert and a life coach, who created a second act for himself after he was diagnosed with lung cancer -- then was told that diagnosis was wrong and he actually had tuberculosis.

The author takes you through a series of exercises, which I'm doing. One of them really puts you out there, because you have to get in touch with family and friends and ask them to honestly tell you what they see as your strengths and weaknesses. The answers are starting to trickle back in, and I must say, people are giving this a lot of thought. I appreciate that!

Get this book if you wanted to get started on a second act. As a footnote, Mr. Pollan is the father-in-law of actor Michael J. Fox, who also started a second act after he learned he had Parkinson's Disease.

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