Bob Buford calls them “pathfinders”—individuals for whom age 40 and beyond has been an opportunity to further their significance rather than to rest on their success. They are people who have pioneered the art of finishing well in these modern times, and who can teach us to do the same, starting today. Bob sought out 60 of these trailblazers—including Peter Drucker, Roger Stauback, Jim Collins, Ken Blanchard and Dallas Williard—and has recorded their lively conversations in these pages so that they can serve as “mentors in print” for all of us.

“Twenty years from now,” Bob writes, “the rules for this second adulthood as a productive reason of life may be better known. But for now, we’re out across the frontier breaking new ground.” Bob gives you a chance to sit at the feet of these pioneers and learn from them about Finishing Well so that you may shift into a far more fulfilling life now, no matter your age. A life of significance that will be a legacy for future generations too.