How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life

by Mark Victor Hansen, Art Linkletter

Book by Hansen, Mark Victor, Linkletter, Art

551 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Mark Victor Hansen is an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer and author. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series.


Mark Victor Hansen was born to Danish immigrants, Una and Paul Hansen. He grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1970 with a B.A. in speech communications.

Along with business partner, Jack Canfield , Hansen is best known for creating what Time magazine called “the publishing phenomenon of the decade”. Chicken Soup for the Soul books are one of the most successful publishing franchises in the world today, with more than 500 million books sold internationally and more than 100 licensed products. The name “Chicken Soup” was chosen because of the use of chicken soup as a home remedy for the sick. The first Chicken Soup book, published by Health Communications, Inc., sold more than 2 million copies. There are now over 500 million copies in print and in 54 languages worldwide.

In 2005 he co-wrote, along with Robert Allen, the book "Cracking the Millionaire Code" in which he highlights several self-made millionaires such as Bob Circosta, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Alexander Graham Bell, Oprah Winfrey, and others, using them as examples of how to build wealth.

Reviews

[Diana Nagy · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you see the title of this book, does it interest you? Do you wonder how its possible to make the rest of your life truly the best of your life? Well, in this book, you will read about things that you never considered, or if you have, never really thought deeply about how much doing that particular thing could affect you in a way that would improve your life and in fact create a better life as a result. Throughout this book, you will not only learn about health and fitness, aging and diet, you will also learn about you. The importance of connections with others, having friends throughout your life. Going back to school, having a lifelong education, learning more about your individual strengths and weaknesses. What can you do with them to ensure happiness in your later years, particularly after retirement? How about sex in old age...is it normal/? Are people in their 80's and 90's really getting it on? And if so, how often? It discusses your spiritual life, your religion. You must remember that life is about taking opportunities. Your goal is to get out of that comfort zone you've been in for years. Comfortable is great, but if you want to life the best of your life for the rest of your life, staying in it is not going to help much. You will just continue on as you are now. What are you going to do? What are you going to choose? Are you going to choose to live the life you want, the life you dream? Or are you going to just dream and do nothing, imagining how life could be should you decide to take action on that dream "tomorrow?" We all know tomorrow may not come, and if it does, chances are good we are going to say the same thing, with tomorrow once again.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you remember Art Linkletter, you'll have a good feel for the tone of this book. It's humorous and fun, but less pithy than I'd hoped. If you know the Chicken Soup for the Soul series (created by Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield) you'll have a good feel for the relative usefulness of the ideas presented in this book. It all makes sense, so much so that it's all common sense. I didn't learn much, but I did enjoy the read.

[Dee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. Well researched ideas for taking good care of yourself. It also points out that there is the limiting factor of genetics. Interspersed with humorous tales and jokes. Best ideas are to eat smart, keep physically active and keep mentally active. Make sure you have friends to share life with.

[Audrey Lindsey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I could not give it one star, only because it is Art Linkletter. Same old advice repeated over and over in this book. Eat right, exercise, save money and go to church.