Are You Just Existing And Calling It A Life?: Empower Your Passion To Find Purpose,Used

ReviewThis is a wellwritten book that will help anyone who feels that they are in rut, whether they are retired or still working. The advice that the author presents will encourage and motivate readers to find their passions and pursue them so that they make a difference in their own lives and the lives of others. For those who want to find real value in their personal lives, this book will help them refocus their direction and help them to get on a journey that is truly important. ~ Ernie Zelinski, Author, Innovator, Prosperity Life CoachDave Bernard's book is delightfully written with a strong call for each of us to pursue our passion. Covering such topics as family, health, work, retirement, and much more, Bernard touches on an array of areas that most inspire us and make life worth living. Each chapter offers helpful suggestions and tips on how to live with passion and purpose, rather than let our true desires collect dust in the recesses of our hearts. The book is fastpaced and easy to read with complex concepts delivered in digestible bites. ~ Shift VillageThis is a valuable resource for anyone seeking more spark in any arena of life, whether personal, career, or retirement. Dave Bernard inspires with lofty quotations and notes from his own life. More importantly, he provides realistic tips and suggestions in every chapter to discover your personal passions and put them into practice. Not every suggestion will resonate (hockey?) but there's something here for everyone, with chapters exploring career, travel, health, love, and more. Highly recommended. ~ Andy Landis, Author of 'When I Retire'I facilitate retirement planning seminars and one of my modules deals with the important issue of figuring out what you are going to do, once you 'retire'. Dave Bernard has done a great job of not only helping people work through the process of doing that, but also providing several 'activities' to investigate. While the 'purpose quest' is unique for every individual and cannot be scripted, Dave's book is a great place to start your adventure. ~ Robert H. Shultz, 'Retirement Guy'Product DescriptionEmpower your Passion! Our passions define us, inspire us, empower us and ultimately give our lives meaning and purpose beyond merely existing. But too many people have resigned themselves to accepting life rather than grabbing for all they can. Their existence is made up of boring and uninspired daytoday routines offering no true fulfillment with no end in sight. Rather than just existing, instead of merely accepting life we have the power to choose to pursue what matters most to us. But to do so we need to find and follow our individual passion. Learn how to better understand the roots of passion through examples and personal experiences shared by others who have found their passion. Uncover what drives passion in others and see how that may trigger your own discovery. Learn specific ways to define and follow what inspires you, what turns you on and what can make every day worth living. Find out how you can personally empower your passion to find purpose. By understanding the source of these passions and identifying specific steps to empower each we can hope to take the first steps toward generating a blueprint of our purpose and the life we could be and should be living.About the AuthorDave Bernard is a California born and raised author and blogger with an extensive 30 year career in the Silicon Valley.Dave has written more than 300 blogs for US News & World 'On Retirement' and his personal blog 'RetirementOnly the Beginning'.Candid feedback and thousands of comments from readers has given him a unique glimpse into the realities and challenges that all retirees will ultimately face, inspiring his book 'I Want To Retire!Essential Considerations for the Retiree to Be.'He recently published his first venture into fiction with 'Tales from Technology Gone Wild', a collection of four creepy short stories.His o