HalfTime: Moving from Success to Significance

by Bob Buford

Buford built a successful cable television company in the first half of his career. In his forties, though, success alone stopped feeling like enough.

He names that inner unrest “halftime” – a turning point, not a crisis. The first half of life chases success, he argues, while the second half can chase something deeper.

• Reflecting honestly on what your first half achieved
• Listening for God’s calling in the discontent itself
• Defining what “significance” actually means for you
• Practical assignments to shape a second-half mission

Buford insists this shift doesn’t require wealth or an exit from work. It requires a decision to build a second half around meaning instead of just more success. For some this time in life brings on a crisis. For God’s people, it can be a door to fuller, richer, and more meaningful life. It can be a time of revitalization and for catching a new vision for living the second half. It’s a time to put to use and multiply the gifts God has given you.