The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential Survival Skills for Any Economy
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The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential Survival Skills for Any Economy
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Overview
In The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention, America's Reinvention Coach® Pamela Mitchell offers every tool readers need to navigate the full arc of career change. Part I introduces the Reinvention Mindset, with what you need to know to be prepared mentally to get started. In Part II, you read the real-life stories of ten individuals who successfully made the leap to new and unexpected careers, using the 10 laws:
The 1st Law: It Starts With a Vision for Your Life
The 2nd Law: Your Body Is Your Best Guide
The 3rd Law: Progress Begins When You Stop Making Excuses
The 4th Law: What You Seek is on the Road Less Traveled
The 5th Law: You’ve Got the Tools in Your Toolbox
The 6th Law: Your Reinvention Board is Your Lifeline
The 7th Law: Only a Native Can Give You the Inside Scoop
The 8th Law: They Won't "Get" You Until You Speak Their Language
The 9th Law: It Takes the Time That it Takes
The 10th Law: The World Buys Into an Aura of Success
Each story is followed by an in-depth lesson that explains how to adapt these laws to your own career goals, and what actions and precautions to take. The lessons answer all your tactical concerns about navigating the roadblocks, getting traction and managing your fears. The final section provides workbook exercises for fine-tuning your reinvention strategies for maximum results.
Clear-headed, calming, practical, and thorough, this is the ideal action plan for getting through any career crisis and ending up securely in the lifestyle you've always dreamed of having.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781101171172 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 12/31/2009 |
| Sold by: | Penguin Group |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 272 |
| File size: | 867 KB |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
Introduction: It is Time to Leave 1
The Reinvention Mindset 7
The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention 15
Law 1 It Starts with a Vision for Your Life 17
Law 2 Your Body is Your Best Guide 37
Law 3 Progress Begins When You Stop Making Excuses 53
Law 4 What You Seek is on the Road Less Traveled 69
Law 5 You've Got the Tools in Your Toolbox 87
Law 6 Your Reinvention Board is Your Lifeline 107
Law 7 Only a Native Can Give You the Inside Scoop 129
Law 8 They Won't "Get" You Until You Speak their Language 147
Law 9 It Takes the Time that it Takes 165
Law 10 The World Buys Into an Aura of Success 187
Epilogue: The Last Takeaway 211
Workbook 215
Acknowledgments 251
Works Cited 255
Index 257
What People are Saying About This
"Pamela Mitchell's The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention will teach you one of the most important new life skills for the 21st Century. This is a must-read for anyone in the workplace today!"--(Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There and Succession: Are You Ready?)
"After reading Pamela Mitchell's book, I am left with an overwhelming feeling that anyone can reinvent their careers and their lives by following this simple step-by-step instruction manual. Easy to Read, Easy to Follow, Easy to Succeed..."--(Norm Brodsky, Senior Contributing Editor INC. Magazine, author of The Knack)
"Pamela Mitchell is an expert in the world of career change."
-BusinessWeek
"Although there are at least 1,300 career coaches nationwide -- and countless books on career change -- Mitchell is among a handful who are pioneering a new spin on the concept: lifestyle reinvention.'"
-More
"Use Mitchell's 10 makes-sense laws as your guide to opportunity..."
-Palm Beach Post
"Mitchell's advice is spot on."
-Dallas Morning News
"Pamela Mitchell, CEO of the Reinvention Institute, expertly pairs personal stories of career 180s with practical advice for how you, too, can veer off course-and still be OK. She doesn't promise it'll be easy, but of all the useful tools she offers, her honesty is the best."
-Harvard Business Review
"After reading Pamela Mitchell's book, I am left with an overwhelming feeling that anyone can reinvent their careers and their lives by following this simple step-by-step instruction manual. Easy to Read, Easy to Follow, Easy to Succeed..."
-Norm Brodsky, Senior Contributing Editor INC. Magazine, author of The Knack
"Move over What Color is Your Parachute?--this book is the new go-to-guide for career changers!"
-Lauren Doliva, Managing Partner, Chief Advisor Network, Heidrick & Struggles
"In The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention, Pamela Mitchell shares the secret strategies that successful reinventors use to land on their feet, even in turbulent times. If you want a practical plan for a richer career and life--in any kind of job market--read this book."
-Barbara Stanny, bestselling author of Secrets of Six Figure Women and Overcoming Underearning(r)
"It's never too late to re-write your script...and Pamela Mitchell is the perfect person to show you how. If The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention doesn't make you stop worrying about the future and start taking action to create your dream, nothing will."
-Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Stop Sabotaging Your Career and Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
"Pamela Mitchell's book is like having your own personal reinvention coach! She takes you on as a client, fully engaging you with fascinating examples of real-life career transformations and outlining, step-by-step, how you can recreate their success for yourself. Without pulling punches, she shines a light on the fears that block your reinvention and powerfully challenges you to give up the excuses that get in your way. She gives you the information you need to start on your journey, and cheers you on every step of the way. Move over What Color is Your Parachute?--this book is the new go-to-guide for career changers!"--(Lauren Doliva, Managing Partner, Chief Advisor Network, Heidrick & Struggles)
"In The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention, Pamela Mitchell shares the secret strategies that successful reinventors use to land on their feet, even in turbulent times. If you want a practical plan for a richer career and life--in any kind of job market--read this book."--(Barbara Stanny, bestselling author of Secrets of Six Figure Women and Overcoming Underearning)
"It's never too late to re-write your script...and Pamela Mitchell is the perfect person to show you how. If The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention doesn't make you stop worrying about the future and start taking action to create your dream, nothing will."--(Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Stop Sabotaging Your Career and Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office)