50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America

This book is an excellent read from the vantage point of a middle aged reader and from a general business standpoint. Bill Novelli is a brilliant man. For the past six years I have thrown the AARP solicitations in the circular file but after reading the book I intend to join the organization.

50+ examines the revolution happening among American baby boomers, who are refusing to enter peacefully into retirement but are starting up new careers, super-charging volunteer efforts and directions, and are changing the idea of the aged in this country. Author Bill Novelli is CEO of AARP and in prime position to observe and comment on all this change: 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America is a hard-hitting social observation all general-interest lending collections will want.

If you look for value and things to gain and learn from a book like, "50+ Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America," you can always find them; if you look for content to justify a negative and critical view (such as the prior two reviews), you can always find those too. It all comes down to what YOU choose to look for. I found Bill Novelli's book uplifting and inspiring, calling more on baby boomers to commit themselves (in actions vs. words) to make the world a better place. I am a baby boomer and if I want to find reasons to make a difference in the world and leave it better than I found it, I can always find them; if I want to find reasons (a.k.a. excuses) not to, I can find those too. Novelli's book will be a tonic for me at those moments when I am teetering towards a defeatist attitude. What has inspired me most of the book is Novelli's career path, realizing and then acting upon the fact that "Wealth is what you take from the world, worth is what you give back." He could have focused on becoming rich, but instead turned it to enriching the world. -Mark Goulston, M.D. "Leading Edge" columnist Fast Company magazine