The Adult Years · Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-265) and indexes;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

*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.