In a rare window into some of her life's pivotal moments Melinda French Gates draws from
previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions. "You don't
get to be my age without navigating all kinds of transitions. Some you embraced and some you
never expected. Some you hoped for and some you fought as hard as you could." - Melinda
French Gates Transitions are moments in which we step out of our familiar surroundings and
into a new landscape-a space that for many people is shadowed by confusion fear and
indecision. The Next Day accompanies readers as they cross that space offering guidance on how
to make the most of the time between an ending and a new beginning and how to move forward into
the next day when the ground beneath you is shifting. In this book Melinda will reflect
for the first time in print on some of the most significant transitions in her own life
including becoming a parent the death of a dear friend and her departure from the Gates
Foundation. The stories she tells illuminate universal lessons about loosening the bonds of
perfectionism helping friends navigate times of crisis embracing uncertainty and more.
Each one of us no matter who we are or where we are in life is headed toward transitions of
our own. With her signature warmth and grace Melinda candidly shares stories of times when she
was in need of wisdom and shines a path through the open space stretching out before us all.
