{"product_id":"what-to-make-of-a-life-cliffs-fog-fire-and-the-self-knowledge-imperative","title":"What to Make of a Life : Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eWhat to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eby Jim Collins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJim Collins, international bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGood to Great,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers transformative lessons on constructing ― and reconstructing ― a life through the cliff moments and transitions we all will face repeatedly in our lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE QUESTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat to make of a life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a question we all wrestle with more than once. How do we find our way in the world? How do we make it past the cliffs, significant events that can radically change a life? How do we keep the inner fire burning bright, long and late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by relentless curiosity, Jim Collins devoted a decade to studying these questions and to minutely analysing those moments when life flips from clarity to confusion and casts us into a befuddling fog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE STUDY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis exploration compares various lives side by side, paired together at cliffs, and analyses the different choices made and divergent paths taken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo rock musicians confronting a future without the group that had brought them success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo suffragists achieving their epic goal and then left with the puzzle of what to do next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo public figures tainted by scandal having to make decisions about how to rebuild their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo figure skaters seeking new purpose when their Olympic careers come to an end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges from Collins’s extensive studies ― of writers, actors, scientists, leaders, and many others ― is a framework for understanding how individual lives can be built, sustained, and constantly renewed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE FINDINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy examining the long arc of these remarkable lives, Collins tackles life’s questions. What does it take to:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscover a deeply fulfilling role in life ― one that you are naturally 'encoded' for ― and then find a second one, if the first one ends?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOvercome a major cliff ― a fracture point that forces choices about what’s next and calls for you to reenvision the years to come?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMake your personal economics work so that you can focus on One Big Thing that feeds your inner fire?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNavigate the fog when you feel uncertain or even outright lost, and build confidence step by step\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMinimise the impact of bad luck and ensure the maximum return on good luck?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuild personal momentum decade upon decade, so that your most creative and energetic years are spread across an entire lifetime?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAchieve the imperative to 'Know Thyself' and apply self-knowledge to each phase of life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE TRANSFORMATION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, Collins movingly chronicles his own story to reveal how undertaking this project transformed him, changing his thinking and reshaping his emotions in fundamental ways. 'After this study,' writes Collins, 'I will never look at life the same ever again.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurprising, story-driven, deeply researched, and uplifting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat to Make of a Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book like no other and convincingly shows how a richly fulfilled life is within reach for us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Global Leadership Network SA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43320580898914,"sku":null,"price":560.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3822\/files\/71a2vUa0aFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1789034686","url":"https:\/\/globalleadershipsa.org\/products\/what-to-make-of-a-life-cliffs-fog-fire-and-the-self-knowledge-imperative","provider":"Global Leadership Network SA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}