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"For nearly 30 years, my life's work has been to help people like you find ways to bring the often warring areas of life into increased harmony." (Stew Friedman, from Leading the Life You Want) You're occupied trying to lead a "full" life. But will it really feel full - or are you extended too thin? Enter Stew Friedman, Wharton professor, adviser to leaders across the globe, and excited advocate of updating the misguided metaphor of "work/life balance" with something more natural and sustainable. If you are seeking "balance", you'll never achieve it, argues Friedman. The theory that "work" competes with "life" ignores the greater nuanced reality of the humanity - the discussion of four domains: work, home, community, and the private personal. The goal is to create harmony among them instead of thinking only in conditions of trade-offs. It could be done. Building on his nationwide best vendor, Total Management, and on decades of research, teaching, and practice as both advisor and senior professional, Friedman recognizes the critical skills for integrating work and the rest of life. He illustrates them through convincing original stories of these impressive people:

• Ex - Bain & Company CEO and Bridgespan cofounder Tom Tierney
• Facebook COO and best-selling creator Sheryl Sandberg
• Nonprofit head and US Navy SEAL Eric Greitens
• US First Lady Michelle Obama
• Soccer champion converted broadcaster Julie Foudy
• Renowned artist Bruce Springsteen

Each of these excellent (though surely imperfect) people exemplifies a set of skills - for being real, being whole, and being ground breaking - that create a sense of goal, coherence, and optimism. Based on interviews and research, their reviews paint a vibrant picture of how six very different leaders use these skills to act with authenticity, integrity, and imagination - plus they show that significant public success is completed not at the trouble of the rest of life but as the consequence of meaningful engagement in all its parts. With a large number of practical exercises for strengthening these skills, curated from the latest research in organizational mindset and related domains, this e book will motivate you, inform you, and instruct you how to take natural steps now toward leading the life you truly want.