Resources

It is common for us at the Halftime organization to meet people who have tried to transition from success to significance on their own and have failed.  While there are some do-it-yourself tools out there, having a guide and proven process to help you navigate these foreign waters is crtitical.

Nonetheless, here are some resources to help your learn more about yourself and the Halftime Journey.

Halftime CEO Dean Niewolny spoke in March 2012 to clients from JWA Financial Group in Dallas, TX. The firm’s founder James Whiddon led a large group through a 2 year reading program called “JWA University”, which culminated with an elegant dinner and mock graduation to honor their accomplishment. Dean was honored to give the commencement address and talk about …

The Low Cost Probe Analyzer is an excel spreadsheet designed to give you a "left-brained/logical" way to evaluate various service opportunities you are exploring.  It helps you makes sense of the options God has placed in front of you as they relate to your skills, passions, available time, financial needs, georgaphy, etc.

Click to hear Halftime UK Director Rob Santer as he was interviewed on the UCB (United Christian Broadcasters) UK national radio station in April 2012 about the Halftime concept and how the movement is at work in the United Kingdom.

Halftime recommends goTandem.com.

Who is goTandem?

We are a group of researchers, artists, tech wizards and writers – people who are willing to walk arm-in-arm with you on the journey. We’re a lot of different ages and from a lot of different places, and we are committed to spending every day becoming more like Jesus. We’re probably a lot like …

Listen to Dean Niewolny discussing Halftime with BFM 89.9 radio in Malaysia.

Download the PDF file by clicking the link on the left. The worksheet will help you understand the difference between a first half of success and a second half of significance. The second page will help you understand God's perspective on what really matters.

A life of significance is built from the inside out. The Foundation Assessment helps you guage the health of various components of your life.  It also enables you to get honest feedback and insight about your life from your spouse and friends.

Click here to download and print a Foundation Assessment for yourself

Click here to download and print a Foundation Assessment for your spouse or a friend to give you feedback

This assessment helps you think about the various roles you might play in the next phase of your life.

What is a Personal Mission Statement?
Peter Drucker defines mission as "your statement of why you do what you do; your declared reason for being; your purpose."  Your Personal Mission Statement clearly states what, in the end, you most want to be remembered for. It articulates what you believe God is calling you to do, and it assists you in making life choices that align with that calling.

A personal mission statement is dynamic. It will change over time as God grows and leads you, and as your circumstances change. Your personal mission statement comes out of a combination of three things:

• Your gifts and abilities
• Your passions
• The impact you want to make in the world

Click the title to download a tool that will help you craft your own Personal Mission Statement, and then use your mission statement to find the serving role that fits you best.  Take it with you as you engage others about service opportunities, and it will aid you greatly in connecting with the right one.

A Personal Board of Directors is a small group of 3-7 people comprised of family, friends, and/or colleagues who are willing to give you input, honest feedback, inspiration and encouragement over time as you go on your Halftime Journey.

by Bob Buford
 

 Two big things were competing for my primary loyalty, and in order for me to live a life of purpose I had to choose between them. A dollar sign or a cross. I had to choose which was the primary loyalty of my life.

I was in my thirties and I had already fulfilled …

The 20th century is the first in which substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have real choices about how they will invest their time and talent. . . . Most people are totally unprepared for it.

by Peter F. Drucker

According to Drucker, Managing Oneself means we have to learn to develop ourselves, to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution to our organizations and communities. He challenges readers to take responsibility for managing their futures, both in and out of the office.

In this article, Drucker provides a number of suggestions for Managing Oneself. These suggestions can be applied directly to the process of managing yourself through your Halftime journey.

Philanthropy is a growth business. But will the influx of new philanthropic capital yield dramatically more social impact?

The answer can be “yes” if donors are disciplined enough to overcome some basic philanthropic realities: Unlike the business world, no external forces demand that philanthropists focus on results. Accountability must be self-imposed, yet results can be defiantly …

The need for senior talent is a recurring theme in our work with clients. Founders of organizations move on; growth brings the need for new functional capabilities; and, as we all know, our nation faces a looming “brain drain” as the first baby boomers are set to retire from full-time positions. Finding the right people …

The possibilities for education enrichment have never been greater...or more confusing.  Even though written in 2003, this article from Barbara Correa provides a very helpful learning guide from the campus to cyberspace and beyond, complete with links still relevant today.

U.S. foundations and nonprofits work diligently on behalf of society's most needy and yet report that progress is slow and social problems persist. How can they learn to be more effective with their limited resources? Foundations should consider expanding their mission from investing only in program innovation to investing in the organizational needs of nonprofit organizations as well. Their overemphasis on program design has meant deteriorating organizational capacity at many nonprofits. If foundations are to help nonprofits be assured of making payroll, paying the rent, or buying a much-needed computer, they must develop hands-on partnering skills. Venture capital firms offer a helpful benchmark. In addition to putting up capital, they closely monitor the companies in which they have invested, provide management support, and stay involved long enough to see the company become strong.

From Unlimited Partnership: Ch 9

“This chapter from the book Unlimited Partnership will give you a fast overview of the five key elements of the heart journey at Halftime. Halftime is a heart journey (who I will become) as well as a head journey (what I will do in my second half). It is important to understand what God desires to do in our heart at Halftime so that we can align ourselves with His agenda.”

Yes, I’ll go on, that’s what I call retiring, is going on. If my health were to fail I wouldn’t become able to do the work I’ve think ought to be done, I would retire, but I’m in very good health, and it seems like my work with students and elsewhere is better than ever. I have the usual signs of being sixtyseven years old, but outside of that nothing really to slow me down.

This is an excerpt from a transcript from a recorded interview between Bob Buford and Dallas Willard. The topic of discussion was - Finishing Well.

Listen in on Lloyd Reeb's interview by Ted and Stephanie - Faith Radio Mornings.

[Lloyd] gave some great advice today on Faith Radio Mornings about how "halftime" is different from a midlife crisis, and how to avoid some of the biggest mistakes or pitfalls people make in midlife transistion.

Talk radio host Denny Schaffer interviews Dean Niewolny, Managing Director of Halftime, on January 19, 2011.

Listen in on Lloyd Reeb's story of Success to Significance from this recorded Halftime Event in Georgia.

Lloyd Reeb, Official Spokesperson for Halftime and author of From Success to Significance shares his perspective on what is the essential big idea of the Halftime movement…

Lloyd Reeb, Official Spokesperson for Halftime and author of From Success to Significance shares how he views hope for a second half of impact and adventure…