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The Power of Purpose: To Grow and to Give for Life - Fourth Edition Richard J. Leider and David Shapiro Format: Paperback, 216pp. ISBN: 9781523006960 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub. Pub. Date: 4th edition January 25, 2025 Average Customer Review: For Bulk Orders Call: 626-441-2024 Description and Reviews From The Publisher: Legendary personal coach Richard Leider, creator of the “purpose movement,” teams up with David Shapiro to bring new stories, new lessons, and an all-new purpose manifesto to a new generation of readers. Purpose is an active expression of our values and our compassion for others—it makes us want to get up in the morning and add value to the world. The Power of Purpose details a graceful, practical, and ultimately spiritual process for making it central to your life. This revitalized guide will help you integrate it into everything you do. This fourth edition has been completely revised and updated. With a new co-author, new stories and examples and resources, it taps into the broader need for purpose in our post-pandemic world. With more than 40% new content, readers will discover new insights on purpose, a new chapter on Becoming a Purposeful Leader, and The Purpose Formula which includes mind-opening questions to help you unlock your purpose and to live a life of meaning and fulfillment. Reviews "The Power of Purpose addresses the key issue for many people's lives these days: wanting to feel that their life here on earth is not meaningless. I commend this book to all those seeking help in identifying their mission and calling." Richard N. Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
"Dick Leider draws a road map for a life of service and improving the lives of others." Walter F. Mondale, former United States Vice President
"As we enter the new millennium, most of us are searching for deeper meaning in our lives-some reliable compass point to guide us ahead.... The Power of Purpose teaches you to embrace the complex questions life is asking you. Find your 'why' and your 'what' and your 'how' will become clear." Frederic M. Hudson, Ph.D., Founder and President, The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara
"Dick Leider's most relevant work-a call to all of us to shape our lives intentionally by discovering the power of purpose." Marilyn J. Mason, author of Seven Mountains: The Inner Climb to Commitment and Caring
"The Power of Purpose helps all of us to define purpose and calling with remarkable new dimension in our own lives. It is a significant book." Frances Hesselbein, CEO, The Peter F. Drucker Foundation
"What are your gifts? How can you best serve? What are you here to do and be in this life? These are the questions Dick Leider raises and helps you answer in The Power of Purpose-a practical guide to finding and fully embracing your calling in life." Eric Utne, Founder, Utne Reader
About the Author Richard Leider is founder and chairman of The Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting firm with offices in Minneapolis, MN. He is an Executive Fellow at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and is a guest lecturer in the Harvard Business School and Duke Corporate Education. Richard holds a Master's Degree in Counseling and is a Nationally Certified Master Career Counselor. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing where he is a founder of The Purpose Project. David Shapiro is Education Director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children, an organization that brings philosophy and philosophers into schools and community centers throughout the Puget Sound Area. His scholarly interests include applied ethics, philosophy of human rights, and philosophy with children. Shapiro holds a Master's Degree in Philosophy from the University of Washington. Table of Contents
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