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This page is intentionally left blank From $UCCESS To SIGNIFICANCE This page is intentionally left blank From $UCCESS To SIGNIFICANCE When the Pursuit of Success Isn’t Enough Lloyd Reeb From Success to Significance Copyright © 2004 by Lloyd Reeb All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Zondervan. AER Edition January 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-31782-1 Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reeb, Lloyd. From success to significance: when the pursuit of success isn’t enough / Lloyd Reeb. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-310-25356-3 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 0-310-25356-X (hardcover) 1. Middle aged persons—Religious life. 2. Middle aged persons—Psychology. 3. Self-realization—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BV4579.5.R44 2004 248.8'4—dc22 2004011984 All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. The website addresses recommended throughout this book are offered as a resource to you. These websites are not intended in any way to be or imply an endorsement on the part of Zondervan, nor do we vouch for their content for the life of this book. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 • 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my friend and mentor Bob Buford, the author of Halftime, whose authentic, sacrificial life, and deep love for Jesus Christ has inspired me and thousands of other successful leaders at midlife to pursue eternal significance in our second half. Thanks to Linda, my beautiful wife, who for more than twenty-five years has lived out for me what it really means to follow Christ in everyday life. This page is intentionally left blank Contents Foreword by Bob Buford Introduction 9 13 PA RT I : F I N D I N G T H E F R E E D O M T O D R E A M AT M I D L I F E C h a p t e r 1 : My Two-Minute Warning: 19 A Life-Defining Moment C h a p t e r 2 : Redefining Success— 29 from a First-Quarter Perspective C h a p t e r 3 : Like Punting into the Wind 37 C h a p t e r 4 : Halftime as Seen from 55 the Goodyear Blimp C h a p t e r 5 : Finding Your Wellspring of Success 65 PA RT I I : M O V I N G F R O M D R E A M S T O A C T I O N C h a p t e r 6 : The Second Quarter: Pursuing 77 Success with Significance in Mind C h a p t e r 7 : Creating a Playbook 83 C h a p t e r 8 : A Ten-Step Halftime Plan 89 C h a p t e r 9 : Pacing the Game: The Margin Dilemma 99 C h a p t e r 1 0 : Cutting What Is Least Valuable 105 C h a p t e r 1 1 : Overlapping What Is Most Valuable 109 C h a p t e r 1 2 : You Are a Free Agent— 115 and It’s Legal to Negotiate C h a p t e r 1 3 : Where Is the Financial End Zone? 119 C h a p t e r 1 4 : Experimenting with Different 123 Plays and Positions C h a p t e r 1 5 : Finding the Right Stadium 131 C h a p t e r 1 6 : Finding Your Spot on the Team 141 PART III: IMPORTANT MIDLIFE ISSUES I NEVER DREAMED OF C h a p t e r 1 7 : A Completely Quiet Locker Room: 153 Doing It Alone, the Wrong Way C h a p t e r 1 8 : Doing Halftime with Others 163 C h a p t e r 1 9 : Tackled from Behind by the Culture Gap 175 C h a p t e r 2 0 : Reengineering Your Niche 183 in the Second Half C h a p t e r 2 1 : Discovering That Significance 191 Was Not Enough Notes 195 About the Publisher 208 Share Your Thoughts 209