ABOUT THE BOOK
"Learn as if you were going to live forever." - Gandhi
Learning Later Living Greater: The Secret for Making the Most of Your "After-50" Years, (Sentient Publications: ISBN: 1-59181-047-7) is the book that introduces people over 50 to the concept, benefits and opportunities of lifelong learning.
It challenges them to become involved in meaningful new avenues of productivity: lifelong learning programs, educational travel, learning on the Internet, meaningful community service and more.
Learning Later, Living Greater helps older adults realize lifelong learning can be a health club for their minds, their bodies and their spirits.
It is the guidebook for transforming their after-work years into a richly-satisfying period of personal growth and social involvement. By Learning Later, Living Greater, they will actively "live" their retirement.
While there are countless other books covering the subject of retirement, none addresses, in-depth, the vital aspect of lifelong learning.
Learning Later, Living Greater thoroughly explores this topic. The book contains the latest in scientific research, useful information and suggestions, resources, interviews with other experts in the field, and inspiring first-person accounts of how lifelong learning has enriched lives. It also answers questions like:
- Why is lifelong learning important for the aging brain?
- How does lifelong learning help older adults create fulfilling lives for themselves and others?
- What and where are the new and innovative lifelong learning programs?
Lifelong learning has the ability to create lasting and meaningful change in people's lives. Learning Later, Living Greater is the catalyst for that change. It helps people realize that their later years have the potential to be the most exciting and most rewarding period of their lives.
