{"product_id":"2940170288250","title":"The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarc Freedman, hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as ¿the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life¿, makes an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are: an entirely new stage of life, which he dubs the encore years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, Freedman bemoans the fact that the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely about the staggering economic costs of a dramatically aging society when, in reality, most of the nation¿s 78 million boomers are not getting old - at least not yet. The whole 60- to 80-year-old period is simply new territory, he writes, and the people in this period constitute a whole new phenomenon in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003ci\u003eThe Big Shift\u003c\/i\u003e is animated by a simple premise: that the challenge of transitioning to and making the most of this new stage¿while deeply personal¿is much more than an individual problem; it¿s an urgent social imperative, one affecting all generations. By embracing this time as a unique period of life ¿ and providing guidance, training, education, and support to the millions who are in it ¿ Freedman says that we can make a monument out of what so many think of as the leftover years. The result could be a windfall of talent that will carry us toward a new generation of solutions for growing problems in areas like education, the environment, and health care.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Instructional Systems [Aubrey J. Kline (aka Jim Kline dba Instructional Systems)]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150606254320,"sku":"2940170288250","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170288250_p0.jpg?v=1763707197","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170288250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}