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The pandemic has awakened us to just how fleeting and precious, life is. And if you’re facing?midlife,?now is the time to assess your career, lifestyle and relationship goals – to?challenge?the direction you may have set years ago, and courageously?shape?your best life today.?This is quite fitting to “living your life in full,” - no matter what your age, and Michael Clinton is the person who not only, has done so himself, he now helps others to do so as well.

Professionally, Michael is the former president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines, and now serves as special media advisor to the Hearst Corporation’s CEO. He was part of the team responsible for O, The Oprah Magazine, The Food Network, HGTV, and in publishing over 20 other magazines, including Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar.

He is also an author and photographer, who believes that everyone should strive to live their fullest life possible—particularly in life’s second half. An avid traveler, Michael has experienced 124 countries, and has run marathons on seven continents. He is a private pilot, a part owner of a vineyard in Argentina, started a nonprofit foundation, holds two master’s degrees, and still has a long list of life experiences that he plans to tackle. He resides in New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Michael accomplished has accomplished a number of things that circled back to, but listeners may think he was born with the proverbial silver spoon, but that’s not the case, and he went on to share what that was like.

He grew up in a working-class family in Pittsburgh, the oldest of six kids. He was the first in his family to go to college, before moving to New York with $60 to his name. In just 10 years, he would become publisher of?GQ?magazine, making him the youngest person ever to hold the job at that time.

As for his newest book, as way of introduction, here is what others have said about it:

Michael Sebastian, Editor-in-Chief, Esquire, ROAR is a delight. The wisdom it offers working adults of all ages is compassionate, results-driven, and eminently actionable. Whether you’re making a midlife career change or seeking purpose after retirement, you couldn’t pick a better roadmap for your next chapter than ROAR. It will teach you how to approach the future not with fear or worry, but with passion and purpose.

Kate White, former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and New York Times bestselling suspense author, Are you yearning for the best second half of your life ever? Well, here’s the secret sauce you’ve been waiting for. Michael Clinton’s?ROAR?is chockfull of absolutely terrific real-life inspiration, wisdom, and strategies to finally make it happen—starting NOW.

Nina Garcia, Editor-in-Chief, Elle magazine, I am not exaggerating when I say: This book will change your life. Drawing on Michael’s own story as well as an array of motivational midlife transformations, ROAR is the closest thing to having Michael as a life coach—and an inspiring reminder that it is never too late to reinvent yourself.

The full title of the book is ROAR into the second half of your life (before it's too late) and has been described as “…an actionable roadmap for anyone at a professional or personal crossroads, urging readers to reimagine their lives before a disruption…. It's like a manual for these times.”

Even though it’s tiled with “the second half,” I found it quite fitting for adults of all ages.

The title ROAR is an acronym for:

Reimagine?yourself and your favorite future—then live it;

Own?who you are (your origins, numbers, strengths, opportunities, weaknesses);??

Act?on what’s next, with focus, be present and know when to edit;

Reassess?your relationships (personal, family, career and workplace).

Michael partnered with Qualtrics Research to survey hundreds of working adults on how they’re thinking about their future aspirations and dreams in a post-pandemic world. And he shared what he learned.

The book also features?over 40 inspiring first-hand stories from all walks of life, including some notables (like Donna Karan and Julianna Margulies) that really add color and context. He shared many that stand out.

He and I both hate the word “retire,” and Michael prefers “rewire.” And we do a deep dive into that. It reminded me of what an upcoming guest, Morgan Housel, author of?The Psychology of Money, said that most able-bodied, smart people wake up most days and say, “I want to do good work today. I want to put my brain to work, put my muscles to work, and be productive in society.”?

I had William Green, author of Richer, Wiser, and Happier on the show and he noted that one of the investors he interviewed for his book said that being financially independent allowed him to be able to work at 106.

Michael and I talked about his different careers and his Photography success vis-à-vis having a Portfolio career that I’ve written about as well as my conversation with April Rinne. He refers to it as “Layering,” and Michael has quite a few layers to his life.

Michael wrote about “Own Who You Are” which is a wonderful parallel with my conversation with The Invincible Norma Kamali. We discussed curiosity and lifelong learners, and his friend Chip Conley and the Modern Elder Academy.

We talked about David Carey, longtime colleague’s “Year of Intellectual Tourism,” knowing your numbers – BP, blood work, BMI, exercise, diet, sleep, finances, and keeping a tally. For myself, I’ve developed The List, 250 x 60, Epic 60s, and Jesse Itzler has what he calls a Life Resume.

Michael’s points as to “Reimagining Yourself” and adventure layering are not to be missed. It reminded me of my climbing the first of the Seven Summits and the creation of Summits for Others.

We went into how can anyone drive an action-oriented approach to shaping their next phase of life. There is really nothing to wait for as we spoke of my writings on what I called the “Pox of the Unitls” – that is, waiting until something happened first (that never does) before you feel it’s OK to live your life in full.

I truly appreciated his point that age is a social justice issue and we need to end self-imposed?ageism in favor of self-driven?growth-ism?and his examples of Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Lenny Kravitz, and Jenifer Lopez.

Michael recommended to write your own eulogy and then then work backwards to build out your life of no regrets. That took us to my article Ask Yourself: 'How Long Have I Got?' wherein I noted that Kevin Kelly?used actuarial data to estimate his longevity and has a countdown timer on his computer to remind, and presumably motivate, him to get done what’s important. Kevin referenced this his friend and Long Now polymath, Stewart Brand has…

…been arranging his life in blocks of 5 years. Five years is what he says any project worth doing will take. From moment of inception to the last good-riddance, a book, a campaign, a new job, a start-up will take 5 years to play through. So, he asks himself, how many 5 years do I have left? He can count them on one hand even if he is lucky. So this clarifies his choices. If he has less than 5 big things he can do, what will they be?

I’m always interested in book format and design, and Michaels’s ROAR tips format and Recommended Resources section are quite helpful.

Next on his list is adding a few more layers – at 70 the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon and at 80, doing Wainwright’s Coast-to-Coast walk of 182 miles, and throughout, continuing being his generous self and helping others to live their lives in full.

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