FROM THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE EMPTY RAINCOAT AND UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS. A
Financial Times Best Business Book of 2025 Over a span of seven decades Charles Handy was
variously a businessman a writer a philanthropist and a philosopher. Not even a stroke as he
approached the age of 90 dimmed his intellectual curiosity or his immense zest for life. In
this his final book written from the vantage point of a contemplative old age and drawing on
his articles for The Idler he shares his thoughts on the big questions with which we all
grapple: What things really matter? What daily worries should we learn to treat as
unimportant? How do we become more accepting of ourselves and of those around us? How do we
discover purpose in our everyday existence? How do we cope with grief and loss? Drawing in part
on his own experience in part on the wisdom of others he sets out the principles of enjoying
a fulfilled and contented life and gently points the way to the practicalities of achieving
it.
