31 Books like Halftime

Finishing Well

by Bob Buford • 2004

The playbook for your second adulthood: pivot from building a career to building a legacy.

3.87

192

🌅 Second Half Of Life ✝️ Christian Living 🙏 Christian Spirituality

Finishing Well 96%

The playbook for your second adulthood: pivot from building a career to building a legacy.

by Bob Buford 2004

3.87

192 ratings

🌅 Second Half Of Life ✝️ Christian Living 🙏 Christian Spirituality

How Successful People Grow

by John C. Maxwell • 2014

Growth is never automatic. Fifteen practices that turn daily discipline into lasting progress.

4.23

1k+

📈 Leadership Development 🎯 Intentional Living 🪞 Self-Reflection

How Successful People Grow 95%

Growth is never automatic. Fifteen practices that turn daily discipline into lasting progress.

by John C. Maxwell 2014

4.23

1k+ ratings

📈 Leadership Development 🎯 Intentional Living 🪞 Self-Reflection

Intentional Living

by John C. Maxwell • 2015

Success is about you. Significance is about others. The rest is one small daily choice.

4.20

2k+

🛠️ Servant Leadership 🧭 Finding Purpose 📋 Daily Disciplines

Intentional Living 95%

Success is about you. Significance is about others. The rest is one small daily choice.

by John C. Maxwell 2015

4.20

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Servant Leadership 🧭 Finding Purpose 📋 Daily Disciplines

One Question

by Ken Coleman • 2013

The best advice ten high-impact leaders gave when asked the only question that matters.

4.01

349

🧭 Purpose-Driven Career 🫂 Servant Leadership 🛡️ Values-Based Living

One Question 95%

The best advice ten high-impact leaders gave when asked the only question that matters.

by Ken Coleman 2013

4.01

349 ratings

🧭 Purpose-Driven Career 🫂 Servant Leadership 🛡️ Values-Based Living

Live Life in Crescendo

by Stephen R. Covey • 2022

Your best years are not behind you. The practices that make every chapter a contribution.

3.94

408

🔄 Second Acts 👴 Aging With Purpose 🤝 Service To Others

Live Life in Crescendo 95%

Your best years are not behind you. The practices that make every chapter a contribution.

by Stephen R. Covey 2022

3.94

408 ratings

🔄 Second Acts 👴 Aging With Purpose 🤝 Service To Others

48 Days to the Work You Love Revised Edition

by Dan Miller • 1996

Forty-eight days to a career that fits: start with who you are, not what you've done.

3.82

6k+

🌀 Career Transitions ✨ Meaningful Work 📞 Vocational Calling

48 Days to the Work You Love Revised Edition Summary

48 Days to the Work You Love Revised Edition 95%

Forty-eight days to a career that fits: start with who you are, not what you've done.

by Dan Miller 1996

3.82

6k+ ratings

🌀 Career Transitions ✨ Meaningful Work 📞 Vocational Calling

What to Do Next

by Jeff Henderson • 2022

Manage career risk, build a financial launchpad, and stop waiting passively for what's next.

4.24

282

🔄 Career Transitions 💰 Financial Margin 🧭 Vocational Calling

What to Do Next 95%

Manage career risk, build a financial launchpad, and stop waiting passively for what's next.

by Jeff Henderson 2022

4.24

282 ratings

🔄 Career Transitions 💰 Financial Margin 🧭 Vocational Calling

Living Forward

by Michael Hyatt • 2016

Drifting is a planning gap, not a character flaw. The one-day fix for reclaiming direction.

3.89

6k+

🗺️ Life Planning 🎯 Goal Setting 🧭 Values Clarification

Living Forward 95%

Drifting is a planning gap, not a character flaw. The one-day fix for reclaiming direction.

by Michael Hyatt 2016

3.89

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Life Planning 🎯 Goal Setting 🧭 Values Clarification

Dream Big

by Bob Goff • 2020

You have a calling that scares you. Here's how to silence the doubts and start moving.

4.29

8k+

✝️ Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Growth 🧭 Calling And Vocation

Dream Big 95%

You have a calling that scares you. Here's how to silence the doubts and start moving.

by Bob Goff 2020

4.29

8k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Growth 🧭 Calling And Vocation

The Values Factor

by John F. Demartini • 2013

Your spending and daily schedule already contain your life's purpose. The rest is alignment.

4.25

625

🧭 Values Discovery 🌱 Life Purpose 💰 Conscious Wealth

The Values Factor 95%

Your spending and daily schedule already contain your life's purpose. The rest is alignment.

by John F. Demartini 2013

4.25

625 ratings

🧭 Values Discovery 🌱 Life Purpose 💰 Conscious Wealth

Better Than Good

by Zig Ziglar • 2005

Passion is the engine of a life beyond mere good. You can build it; here's how.

4.08

1k+

🕊️ Christian Living 🧭 Calling And Purpose 🎯 Goal Setting

Better Than Good 94%

Passion is the engine of a life beyond mere good. You can build it; here's how.

by Zig Ziglar 2005

4.08

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 🧭 Calling And Purpose 🎯 Goal Setting

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success

by Steve Harvey • 2014

Find your effortless gift, build a life of balance, vision, and sacred boundaries around it.

4.09

4k+

🕊️ Christian Self-Help 💡 Unique Talent Discovery 🎯 Vision And Goal Setting

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success Summary

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success 94%

Find your effortless gift, build a life of balance, vision, and sacred boundaries around it.

by Steve Harvey 2014

4.09

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Self-Help 💡 Unique Talent Discovery 🎯 Vision And Goal Setting

Happy and Strong

by Jaime Villalovos • 2022

Dream life without burnout: a self-made millionaire's blueprint, and she started in a trailer.

4.74

129

📈 Entrepreneurial Memoirs ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting

Happy and Strong 94%

Dream life without burnout: a self-made millionaire's blueprint, and she started in a trailer.

by Jaime Villalovos 2022

4.74

129 ratings

📈 Entrepreneurial Memoirs ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting

The Choice

by Og Mandino • 1984

Success cost him his family. Quitting cost him security. The final choice cost him everything.

4.32

5k+

🕯️ Inspirational Parables ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🔄 Career Reinvention

The Choice 94%

Success cost him his family. Quitting cost him security. The final choice cost him everything.

by Og Mandino 1984

4.32

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Inspirational Parables ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🔄 Career Reinvention

One Word That Will Change Your Life

by Jon Gordon • 2012

Replace your entire resolution list with a single word, and watch it reorder your year.

3.88

3k+

🔍 Single Focus 🔄 Resolution Alternatives 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

One Word That Will Change Your Life Summary

One Word That Will Change Your Life 94%

Replace your entire resolution list with a single word, and watch it reorder your year.

by Jon Gordon 2012

3.88

3k+ ratings

🔍 Single Focus 🔄 Resolution Alternatives 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

Make it Happen

by Lara Casey • 2014

Purpose doesn't come from striving. It starts when you surrender your fear and clear the clutter.

4.06

2k+

🕊️ Christian Living 🧘 Perfectionism Recovery 🏠 Decluttering

Make it Happen 94%

Purpose doesn't come from striving. It starts when you surrender your fear and clear the clutter.

by Lara Casey 2014

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 🧘 Perfectionism Recovery 🏠 Decluttering

The Start with Your People

by Brian Dixon • 2019

A single daily choice reshapes your work, your marriage, and your money: the people-first playbook.

4.22

236

🫡 Servant Leadership 🤝 Client Service 🧠 Mastermind Groups

The Start with Your People 94%

A single daily choice reshapes your work, your marriage, and your money: the people-first playbook.

by Brian Dixon 2019

4.22

236 ratings

🫡 Servant Leadership 🤝 Client Service 🧠 Mastermind Groups

Inspired Destiny

by John F. Demartini • 2010

Your frustrations reveal your purpose. Monetize it, love your work, and never need a vacation.

4.23

144

🧭 Life Purpose 💼 Career Fulfillment 🧱 Values-Based Living

Inspired Destiny 94%

Your frustrations reveal your purpose. Monetize it, love your work, and never need a vacation.

by John F. Demartini 2010

4.23

144 ratings

🧭 Life Purpose 💼 Career Fulfillment 🧱 Values-Based Living

Spirit Of Leadership

by Munroe Myles • 2005

Every person was designed to lead. The unlock is purpose and passion, not position.

4.46

175

🫂 Servant Leadership 🧭 Purpose Discovery 📖 Biblical Leadership Principles

Spirit Of Leadership 94%

Every person was designed to lead. The unlock is purpose and passion, not position.

by Munroe Myles 2005

4.46

175 ratings

🫂 Servant Leadership 🧭 Purpose Discovery 📖 Biblical Leadership Principles

Two Women Walk into a Bar

by Cheryl Strayed • 2024

A four-part generosity framework that uses what you already have, not what's in your bank.

4.03

22k+

🎁 Generosity Practices ✝️ Christian Stewardship 🧭 Principled Leadership

Two Women Walk into a Bar 94%

A four-part generosity framework that uses what you already have, not what's in your bank.

by Cheryl Strayed 2024

4.03

22k+ ratings

🎁 Generosity Practices ✝️ Christian Stewardship 🧭 Principled Leadership

Quitter

by Jon Acuff • 2011

Quitting is often a trap. A plan to build your dream job while keeping your day job.

3.91

7k+

📈 Career Transitions 💼 Side Hustles ⚠️ Risk Management

Quitter 94%

Quitting is often a trap. A plan to build your dream job while keeping your day job.

by Jon Acuff 2011

3.91

7k+ ratings

📈 Career Transitions 💼 Side Hustles ⚠️ Risk Management

Happen to Your Career

by Scott Anthony Barlow • 2022

Clarity isn't stumbled upon: declare your ideal life, then test careers through small experiments.

4.08

107

🧭 Career Change 💡 Meaningful Work 🎨 Life Design

Happen to Your Career 94%

Clarity isn't stumbled upon: declare your ideal life, then test careers through small experiments.

by Scott Anthony Barlow 2022

4.08

107 ratings

🧭 Career Change 💡 Meaningful Work 🎨 Life Design

The Rhythm of Life

by Matthew Kelly • 1999

Four needs, one rhythm: the small choices that make a life you actually want to live.

4.22

4k+

🔋 Energy Management ✝️ Christian Spirituality 🔍 Self-Discovery

The Rhythm of Life 94%

Four needs, one rhythm: the small choices that make a life you actually want to live.

by Matthew Kelly 1999

4.22

4k+ ratings

🔋 Energy Management ✝️ Christian Spirituality 🔍 Self-Discovery

21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges

by Charles B. Handy • 2019

Twenty-one letters rethinking success, enough, and why your final decades could be your richest.

4.32

424

🧳 Business Wisdom For Life 💰 Defining Enough 🌊 Navigating Life Transitions

21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Summary

21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges 94%

Twenty-one letters rethinking success, enough, and why your final decades could be your richest.

by Charles B. Handy 2019

4.32

424 ratings

🧳 Business Wisdom For Life 💰 Defining Enough 🌊 Navigating Life Transitions

How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement

by Stephen R. Covey • 2009

The one-page document that outlasts every goal: how to draft a personal mission statement.

4.16

2k+

🧭 Life Purpose 📜 Mission Statements 🏛️ Principle-Based Living

How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement Summary

How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement 94%

The one-page document that outlasts every goal: how to draft a personal mission statement.

by Stephen R. Covey 2009

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧭 Life Purpose 📜 Mission Statements 🏛️ Principle-Based Living

Black Hole Focus

by Isaiah Hankel • 2014

Smart but drifting: a system for naming your purpose, locking in conviction, taking real action.

3.87

399

🧭 Purpose Discovery ✏️ Life Design 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Black Hole Focus 94%

Smart but drifting: a system for naming your purpose, locking in conviction, taking real action.

by Isaiah Hankel 2014

3.87

399 ratings

🧭 Purpose Discovery ✏️ Life Design 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Primary Greatness

by Stephen R. Covey • 2015

External success is a trap: twelve character levers for a reputation no downturn can erase.

3.93

1k+

🏛️ Character Ethics 🧭 Values-Based Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership

Primary Greatness 94%

External success is a trap: twelve character levers for a reputation no downturn can erase.

by Stephen R. Covey 2015

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Character Ethics 🧭 Values-Based Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership

No Limits

by John C. Maxwell • 2017

Capacity isn't one thing. It's seven. And the one you neglect sets your ceiling.

4.22

1k+

🧭 Leadership Development 🌱 Growth Mindset 🎯 Intentional Living

No Limits 94%

Capacity isn't one thing. It's seven. And the one you neglect sets your ceiling.

by John C. Maxwell 2017

4.22

1k+ ratings

🧭 Leadership Development 🌱 Growth Mindset 🎯 Intentional Living

Believe Bigger

by Marshawn Evans Daniels • 2018

Disruption is God's redirect: five stages from breakdown to purpose, and finding your buried gifts.

4.43

893

🕊️ Christian Self-Help 📍 Purpose And Calling 🔗 Limiting Beliefs

Believe Bigger 94%

Disruption is God's redirect: five stages from breakdown to purpose, and finding your buried gifts.

by Marshawn Evans Daniels 2018

4.43

893 ratings

🕊️ Christian Self-Help 📍 Purpose And Calling 🔗 Limiting Beliefs

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success

by John Adair • 2011

A hundred ideas for turning your vocation into leadership and your minutes into results.

3.38

🧭 Vocation And Calling ⏳ Time Management 🤝 Servant Leadership

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success Summary

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success 94%

A hundred ideas for turning your vocation into leadership and your minutes into results.

by John Adair 2011

3.38

37 ratings

🧭 Vocation And Calling ⏳ Time Management 🤝 Servant Leadership

Firestarters

by Raoul Davis Jr. • 2018

Your drive has a type. Learn yours and protect it from what kills momentum.

4.29

5k+

🎯 Personal Mission 💡 Intrinsic Motivation ⚡ Action Taking

Firestarters 94%

Your drive has a type. Learn yours and protect it from what kills momentum.

by Raoul Davis Jr. 2018

4.29

5k+ ratings

🎯 Personal Mission 💡 Intrinsic Motivation ⚡ Action Taking

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