questions: What do I really want out of my life? Maybe your heart just isn’t in your work. It takes passion and courage to find a profession that you love. You’ve been so busy racking up titles, hours, and paychecks that you’ve never had the chance to spend the time to discover what you could do that would make a difference in your life.

Maybe you walk around every day wondering how your life is making a difference in the lives of others, in the world. You want to find a way to take your passions and give back, not just get a paycheck and engrave an impressive job title on your tombstone.

Are you finding yourself increasingly obsessed with dreams of Oh, someday I’d love to . . . ? It’s time to shed the same old, same old.

Somewhere out there is the thing you were born for, and it’s not too late. Second Acts That Change Lives: Making a Difference in the World is here to help you get started. The good news: The power to transform your life is much closer than you realize. In these pages, I’ve brought together a community of people  —  women and men  —  who are proving that it’s never too late to take a life leap, whether it’s starting a new business, leaving the corporate scene to teach high school, turning that great idea into a novel, rock climbing, or adopting a child at fifty-two. The stories are a little bold, a little edgy, and meant to inspire us to tap into the power inside . . . so that we can inspire others, including our children, to tap into their energy and power as well.

In this book, you will meet some brave people who traded successful, safe career paths for the chance to find