The Half-Known Life - by Ryan Lindner

Book Synopsis

"I'm going down now," I said to a young woman a few seconds before the darkness-my first cardiac arrest. As I returned to work as a behavioral coach, it became maddening to hear about all-consuming, everyday problems and misguided priorities while I fought to merely remain conscious.

The Half-Known Life challenges conventional thinking of success, identity, and personal change. Most often, truly profound change happens following events that shake someone to their core-a car accident, death of a family member, or cardiac arrest that pulls them into a moment of clarity. Priorities change when time becomes precious. Problems look different when you have no energy left to give them. Why wait until you're burnt out or for a life-changing event to occur before getting real about your life? Who are you when all of the accolades and accomplishments are gone? What does how you manage your time say about what's important to you-about what matters most? Get out of your head and get into your life, before it slips away.

Review Quotes

"A GPS for life, challenging readers to examine their perspectives, motivations, tendencies, routines, and choices in order to experience each moment with greater clarity and joy. Each page will grab you by the collar and shake you into a higher consciousness." Michael Coccari, author of Cancer Fight and It's Good to Say Thank You

"As a young adult with seemingly unlimited runway, Ryan was given the gift of recognizing that life is finite and short and that it's up to each of us to make the most of the time we've been given. In The Half-Known Life, Ryan shares his hard-won wisdom to encourage and challenge all of us to live life now. A beautiful and timely gift of a book." Scott Eblin, author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success and Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative

"The Half-Known Life is a great resource to help you wake yourself up and fully integrate all of you into your own life and helps us learn how to stop confirming who we are through others' reactions to us. What more could we ask for? Ryan helps us learn how to courageously bring self-love to every change in our lives and how to detach from our emotions and let go to allow ourselves to make conscious choices that help us live every day deliberately in our 'full-known life.'" Pat Obuchowski, author of Gutsy Women Win, CEO of inVisionaria, and faculty of LHH coach training

"As Ryan says in this book, truly profound change happens following events that shake you to your core. Fortunately, we have gifted people like Ryan who can share such experiences and life lessons so that we can change without them. Life will always demand something significant from us. Ryan shows us how to deliver with excellence!" Ben Woodward, author of The Empowerment Paradox: Seven Vital Virtues to Turn Struggle Into Strength

"The Half-Known Life offers an insightful look into the very busy world we all live in. It encourages us to rethink what is important and provides thoughtful commentary on ways to make our lives more meaningful in the moment. Thought-provoking questions help the reader dig deep into the motives behind our feelings and actions. An engaging and relatable read that will leave you reassessing life's priorities." Simone Yemm, author of Stalked By Demons, Guarded By Angels