{"product_id":"9781529979756","title":"What to Make of a Life","description":"Author: Collins, Jim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529979756\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Collins, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGood to Great,\u003c\/i\u003e offers transformative lessons on constructing - and reconstructing - a life through the cliff moments and transitions we all will face repeatedly in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE QUESTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat to make of a life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a question we all wrestle with more than once. How do we find our way in the world? How do we make it past the cliffs, significant events that can radically change a life? How do we keep the inner fire burning bright, long and late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by relentless curiosity, Jim Collins devoted a decade to studying these questions and to minutely analysing those moments when life flips from clarity to confusion and casts us into a befuddling fog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STUDY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis exploration compares various lives side by side, paired together at cliffs, and analyses the different choices made and divergent paths taken.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo rock musicians confronting a future without the group that had brought them success.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo suffragists achieving their epic goal and then left with the puzzle of what to do next.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo public figures tainted by scandal having to make decisions about how to rebuild their lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo figure skaters seeking new purpose when their Olympic careers come to an end.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges from Collins's extensive studies - of writers, actors, scientists, leaders, and many others - is a framework for understanding how individual lives can be built, sustained, and constantly renewed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FINDINGS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy examining the long arc of these remarkable lives, Collins tackles life's questions. What does it take to-\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover a deeply fulfilling role in life - one that you are naturally 'encoded' for - and then find second one, if the first one ends?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOvercome a major cliff - a fracture point that forces choices about what's next and calls for you to reenvision the years to come?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake your personal economics work so that you can focus on One Big Thing that feeds your inner fire?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigate the fog when you feel uncertain or even outright lost, and build confidence step by step\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimise the impact of bad luck and ensure the maximum return on good luck?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild personal momentum decade upon decade, so that your most creative and energetic years are spread across an entire lifetime?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAchieve the imperative to 'Know Thyself' and apply self-knowledge to each phase of life?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TRANSFORMATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, Collins movingly chronicles his own story to reveal how undertaking this project transformed him, changing his thinking and reshaping his emotions in fundamental ways. 'After this study,' writes Collins, 'I will never look at life the same ever again.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurprising, story-driven, deeply researched, and uplifting, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Make of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a book like no other and convincingly shows how a richly fulfilled life is within reach for us all.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46886542672030,"sku":"UBD-9781529979756","price":64.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529979756.jpg?v=1779948055","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529979756","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}