Double Lives: Crafting Your Life of Work and Passion for Untold Success Stories of Extraordinary Achievement [Hardcover]

David Heenan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 2002

This book profiles the paths of ten extraordinary individuals who achieved spectacular success and happiness through pursuit of a second passion.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Sony Chairman Norio Ohga is also an orchestra conductor; World Bank President Sir James Wolfensohn is a former member of the Australian fencing team. Using these examples and others, David Heenan a former Citicorp exec and one-time captain in the Marine Corps explains the importance of having a second vocation in order to realize one's passions in Double Lives: Crafting Your Life of Work & Passion for Untold Success. Heenan offers "20 keys to a double life," a set of rules anyone can use, whether they're pursuing a second "life" or not (e.g., "learn from failure," "listen to your heart" and "reinvent yourself").
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From Booklist

Heenan, a business executive and academic, urges us to create purpose and meaning in our twenty-first-century lives with the advice to "make sure you're doing exactly what you really want to do." Many people who pursue a second interest keep their day jobs--such as lawyers becoming authors, doctors becoming artists, and businessmen becoming poets. By examining the lives of versatile contemporary and historical figures, we learn that pursuing multiple interests contributes to happiness and personal fulfillment. Outstanding people profiled by the author include Winston Churchill; Norio Ohga, chairman of Sony; astronaut Sally Ride; and James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank. Anyone with drive and determination can create a life with many interests, and Heenan supplies a list of 20 keys to success. Those keys include listening to your heart, defining success in your own terms, aiming high, learning from failure, planning and persevering, reinventing yourself, selling yourself, savoring serendipity, and starting now. Mary Whaley
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; 1 edition (June 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891061673
• ISBN-13: 978-0891061670
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,259,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration to get you moving, September 17, 2002

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Jennifer (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Lives: Crafting Your Life of Work and Passion for Untold Success Stories of Extraordinary Achievement (Hardcover)

David Heenan's, Double Lives, profiles 10 individuals who excel in their vocations as well as in their avocations (sometimes more than 1). Sally Ride (NASA), Norio Ohga (Sony), Larry Small (Smithsonian) are a few who's stories are told. Heenan does a nice job of analyzing the "20 Keys" for living a double life. His last chapter will inspire you to wake up and live one too!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Explore the many threads you can weave in your life!, March 1, 2005

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zoomer "goldrocket" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Lives: Crafting Your Life of Work and Passion for Untold Success Stories of Extraordinary Achievement (Hardcover)

David Heenan is a business consultant and motivational speaker. His book details the "second vocations" of a number of famous individuals. His book can be a springboard, by inspiring all of us to set aside some time for the "other passions" in our lives.

A farmer should sow more than one crop. Most of us have the capabilities to pursue more than one vocation with passion.

4 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Waste of [money], November 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Double Lives: Crafting Your Life of Work and Passion for Untold Success Stories of Extraordinary Achievement (Hardcover)

This book is poorly written, offers no insights and generally does nothing more than report the resume of the individuals profiled. In short it offers worthless pablum!!!!!