DAVID CORBETT'S NEW RELEASE 2025
As you navigate through your next stage of life, give yourself
permission to think differently. New opportunities will emerge.
$27.95 USD
Helping individuals maximize their potential has given David Corbett’s life much meaning. He spent years partnering with individuals who have faced various kinds of crossroads in their work lives. This book is intended to be a guide, not to surviving changes, but to flourishing. It includes compelling stories from clients, colleagues and others who have been willing to tell their stories.
Three categories of individuals are discussed:
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Those seeking new jobs or self-employment that motivates
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Retirees wanting more purpose in their lives
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First-time caregivers—a role easily a career unto itself
Problems for these three groups are common. All are in transitions that require much dealing with unchartered territory. Too many are unsure where they next belong, and how to ask for help. What they do know is something is missing in their lives. Answers are far too few.
The timing conditions however seem right, except there is good news and bad news. The good news: People are living longer. The bad news: People are living longer. Many are not prepared to fill in the benefits of more free time. Old habits that are no longer useful in meeting goals linger on.
We need a fresh start—a whole new attitude and vocabulary. It is time to take off the shackles, get out of the box and look for opportunities that can make us feel like we are graduating to something new, not just moving on. It is time to embrace the Rest of Your Story.
WHAT OTHERS SAY:
This is an extraordinarily useful book for anyone who is changing roles. It is an easy read and contains many helpful suggestions and advice. Changing careers can be exciting and enriching. This book, The Rest of Your Story, can help the process.
KEN BURNES,
Retired CEO, Cabot Corp., Former Executive Vice President, State Street Bank
David Corbett’s The Rest of Your Story is a heartfelt guide to understanding change — in life and on the page. Corbett shows how characters, much like real people, evolve through challenges, loss, and reinvention, making his lessons especially powerful for veterans navigating new chapters beyond service. The book feels like both a creative toolbox and a companion for anyone learning to rebuild identity, purpose, and connection after major life transitions.
JAMES SEYMOUR,
Executive Director
Cape and Islands
Veterans Outreach Center
The Rest of Your Story is truly a comprehensive playbook for individuals considering one more job or early retirement. It is down to earth and full of other’s stories. Take chances, he says. That’s where the opportunities are.
STEVE NELSON
Former All-Pro linebacker, New England Patriots
AUTHOR'S BIO
David D. Corbett is a nationally recognized authority on creating meaningful alternatives to retirement, in particular, how individuals and society must come to grips with the 20- to 25-year bonus of active, healthy
years that may be in their futures.
Corbett is the founder of New Directions, Inc., on Boston’s historic waterfront, which offered planning
in career and post-career fulfillment to accomplished individuals. He was a frequent speaker on life transitions
to audiences that included executive forums, business school groups, as well as legal, medical, and human resources professionals.
Corbett has been quoted in national publications including The Wall Street Journal and The New York
Times. He is the author of Portfolio Life: The New Path to Work, Purpose, and Passion After 50, published by John
Wiley & Sons. Corbett earned a BA from Northwestern University, an MBA from New York University, and he’s a veteran of the US Navy. He is an adviser to the MIT AgeLab, a trustee of the U.S.S. Constitution Museum and Andover-
Newton Theological School.
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