Als Nigel Marsh seinen Job verliert, fasst er einen weitreichenden Entschluss: Er will sich ein Jahr Freiheit gönnen, um sein Leben neu zu gestalten. Und zu tun gibt es einiges. Er ist vierzig, trinkt zu viel, ist zu dick, völlig unsportlich und so arbeitssüchtig, dass er kaum mitbekommt, wie seine vier Kinder aufwachsen. All das soll anders werden - und zwar bitte sofort. Ein Mann springt aus dem Hamsterrad - ein amüsanter und inspirierender Bericht über den Kampf mit dem inneren Schweinehund.
From the author of the bestselling Fat, Forty, and Fired , this is a seriously funny book about life's big—and small—issues.
Twenty years ago, Nigel Marsh was an overweight mortgage slave struggling to balance a career, marriage and four children under eight. Until he lost his job.In Fat, Forty and Fired , Nigel wrote about falling off the corporate hamster wheel and surviving. Now that he’s approaching sixty, he can’t help but notice it’s been a while since he stepped onto that wheel with other hamsters. One day he reads that a graduate trainee who used to work for him in London is now a global CEO with an office on the top floor of a skyscraper in New York. Nigel, by contrast, is wearing a dressing-gown and sitting at his writing desk in a dank storage room under his garage in Sydney. It’s enough to give anyone a moment of self-doubt – even a man whose ground-breaking TED Talk on work/life balance has been downloaded a whopping five million times.Could it be that Nigel’s most successful days are behind him? Or is conventional success simply that – conventional success? And is it possible that his happiest days lie ahead?In his memoir for his sixth decade on earth, Nigel ponders ageing well, sex, parenting adult children, his parents’ passing, and the secret to his living a happy life. By turns humorous, thought-provoking, poignant and life-affirming, Smart, Stupid and Sixty is a celebration of the third trimester as a privilege to be enjoyed rather than a sentence to be endured.
Exploring the enduring relationship between humanity and the sea, this book delves into the history of ships and their inevitable fate as shipwrecks. It examines the stories behind these sunken vessels, revealing the mysteries and lessons they hold about maritime exploration, adventure, and disaster. Through captivating narratives, the book highlights the impact of shipwrecks on culture and history, inviting readers to reflect on the allure and peril of ocean voyages.