{"product_id":"9781041336136","title":"Designing Your Second Act How to Create Meaning and Confidence Beyond Full-Time Work","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDesigning Your Second Act\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow to Create Meaning and Confidence Beyond Full-Time Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTammy Martins\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Careers \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou've built a career you're proud of. But lately, a question keeps coming up: what comes next?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe retirement is a few years away, and you're not sure how you'll spend your days. Maybe you're ready to step back but not stop. Or maybe you're wondering who you'll be without the title that has defined you for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost retirement books focus on the money. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Your Second Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e looks at everything else too. It treats life beyond full-time work as a stage to design, shaped by purpose, well-being, identity, contribution, creativity, and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTammy Martins spent more than two decades helping organizations through major change as a Certified Lean Leader, Six Sigma Black Belt, and Kaizen Fellow. In this book, she applies those same tools to one of life's biggest transitions. Drawing on research, design thinking, and real stories from people navigating their own second acts, she offers a clear way to move from uncertainty to a plan you can act on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find practical tools already tested in coaching and workshops:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Life Design Purpose Wheel\u003c\/b\u003e, to see where you stand across six areas of life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Foundations Readiness Check\u003c\/b\u003e, to assess your readiness across health, wealth and purpose\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe IDEA Cycle\u003c\/b\u003e, to try out possible paths through small, low-risk experiments before you commit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Life Design Playbook\u003c\/b\u003e, a one-page plan for your next chapter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you want to fully retire, ease out gradually, or start something completely new, this book will help you design a second act that fits who you are, with confidence instead of guesswork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTammy Martins\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior executive, strategist, and writer with more than two decades of experience helping individuals and organizations navigate meaningful transitions with clarity and purpose. Her career spans healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, where she has led large-scale transformation, strategy execution, and leadership initiatives focused on human-centered change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTammy is a Certified Lean Leader through John Black \u0026amp; Associates, a Six Sigma Black Belt through Maple Leaf Foods, and a Six Sigma Green Belt through General Electric. She was also one of Saskatchewan’s first Kaizen Fellows, completing a two-year, learn-by-doing program that shaped her experiment-driven, systems-oriented approach to change. Across her career, she has applied Lean thinking, design principles, and strategic planning to help organizations move from current state to future state with intention and discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer professional work designing resilient systems eventually prompted a deeper personal question: if these tools help organizations navigate complexity, why are they so rarely applied to major life transitions? That question became the foundation for \u003ci\u003eDesigning Your Second Act\u003c\/i\u003e. Through years of research, interviews, reflection, and storytelling, Tammy discovered that the same principles used to build resilient organizations can also be applied to build fulfilling lives beyond traditional definitions of success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her executive leadership, Tammy is the founder of Next Chapter Life Design -- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/5A_FC2kg95i0pknBpSnf33i5l4hm?domain=nextchapterlifedesign.ca\"\u003ewww.nextchapterlifedesign.ca\u003c\/a\u003e -- a life design platform that supports mid-career and later-career professionals as they intentionally shape what comes next. Her work integrates structure with humanity, offering practical frameworks alongside encouragement and agency. This book serves as a cornerstone of that platform, reflecting her belief that meaningful transitions are not left to chance, but designed with care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTammy lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she continues to explore the practice of designing a life with intention, one conversation, one story, and one ripple at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eProductivity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041336136\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e212\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.25\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63761393909900,"sku":"9781041336136","price":38.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041336136","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}