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Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Grit isn't always great. Perseverance doesn't always pay off. In Quitting: A Life Strategy, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Julia Keller dives into "the neuroscience of nope," and the cultural messaging that drives our reluctance to throw in the towel, to dismantle the myth of perseverance once and for all. Combining reportage from the front lines of scientific research, pop culture, with conversations with people who have made profound change...
Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Don't Keep Your Day Job will get you fired up, ready to rip it open and use your zone of genius to add a little more sparkle to this world. Cathy Heller, host of the popular podcast Don't Keep Your Day Job, shares wisdom, anecdotes, and practical suggestions from successful creative entrepreneurs and experts, including actress Jenna Fischer on rejection, Gretchen Rubin on the keys to happiness, Jen Sincero on having your best badass life, and so much...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of inspirational offerings detailing the experiences of people who have left unfulfilling jobs outlines four fundamental steps to pursuing one's dreams, revealing how others have managed the risks, emotional fallout and setbacks of living life on their own terms.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For the multitude of Americans who change jobs mid-career (by choice or circumstance), the growing legions of freelance workers, and the entrepreneurially-minded who see self-employment as an increasingly more appealing and viable option, Tess Vigeland has created a personal and well-researched account of leaping without a net. With her signature humor, she writes honestly about the fear, uncertainty, and risk involved in leaving the traditional workforce,...
Author
Publisher
Lampo Press, The Lampo Group
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Many people think that dreaming big means you quit your day job, and sell everything you own. What if there were a different way. This book is based on Acuff's experience in cultivating a dream job that changed his life-- and the world in the process.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower...
18) Shades of light
Author
Series
A second chances novel volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When her only child leaves home for college, widowed Gwen Sullivan discovers just how lonely an empty nest can be. How will she adjust and fill her empty days? At the urging of friends, Gwen takes a job with an interior designer whom she soon discovers to be domineering and jealous of Gwen's creativity. Suddenly she's stuck doing menial tasks. When a sleazy client starts to harass her, Gwen begins to wonder if she's cut out for the working world....
20) What color is your parachute? 2022: your guide to a lifetime of meaningful work and career success
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Fully updated with advice reflecting the current job market, a revised and expanded edition of the best-selling career guide discusses digital resumes, online interviews, and making the most of social media tools.
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