The Great Life Redesign: Change How You Work, Live How You Dream and Make It Happen Today

About the author vii

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction xi

Part I The 21st-century dilemma — how we got to where we are 1

1 Living life on the 21st-century treadmill 3

2 Your choices: do nothing, fight or break free 17

3 Why now is the best time to redesign your life 27

Part II Renovation rescue — revamping the life you have 39

4 Have you got the Burnout Blues? 41

5 Knocking down the walls 51

6 Simple life repairs 65

7 Room by room renovations 77

8 Watertight living 97

Part III Creating a new life design — putting the change wheel in motion 107

9 How to know when it's time to go 109

10 What to include in your redesigned life 123

11 Getting from here to there 135

12 Crunching the numbers 147

13 Design disasters and how to avoid them 167

Part IV From design to reality — you're on your way 179

14 Break free and get going! 181

15 Riding the redesign rollercoaster 191

16 How to manage 'Are you serious?!' and other reactions 203

17 What’s around the corner? 213

18 Goodbye old life 223

Part V Living your great life — loving your new reality 233

19 You've arrived … now what? 235

20 What you've really achieved 245

21 Inspiring designs and personal success stories 255

Redesign wrapup 269

Further references for your toolkit 272

Index 281