Roadmap: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What To Do with Your Life (Career Change Advice Book, Self Help Job Workbook)

by Roadtrip Nation, Brian McAllister, Mike Marriner, Nathan Gebhard

Overview

The New York Times bestseller is back! The career workbook Roadmap isbetter than ever.

Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand new content—including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.

Through inspirational stories and interviews, journal-like prompts, and practical career development information, this helpful resource will steer students, recent graduates, and career-changers toward an authentic, fulfilling life.

• Features fresh perspectives from people like singer-songwriter John Legend, surfing world champion Layne Beachley, and MacArthur fellow and radio host Jad Abumrad
• Full of advice for people seeking a fulfilling work life that will make them happy and keep them engaged
• A self-mapped guide to creating a rewarding and satisfying work life

Roadtrip Nation, based in Costa Mesa, was founded by Nathan Gebhard, Mike Marriner, and Brian McAllister in 2001, and has grown into a national career exploration movement, educational organization, and PBS series.

Since its original publication in 2015, the team at Roadtrip Nation has continued to travel the world and interview accomplished individuals about their path to success.

• A great gift for recent college graduates, interns, or anyone questioning their career path and in need of advice and a fresh perspective
• Useful as a resource for career advisers, educators, and companies who want to foster an engaged workforce
• Add it to the collection of books like What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, and How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life by Caroline Webb

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452173443
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	189,042
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Roadtrip Nation started when fresh-out-of-college grads Nathan Gebhard, Mike Marriner, and Brian McAllister hit the road in a beat-up RV to interview people who had forged livelihoods doing what they love. Almost two decades later, Roadtrip Nation has grown into a long-running public television series, a nonprofit career exploration organization, and a movement of people committed to living lives true to their interests.

Table of Contents

About Roadtrip Nation 6

Roadmap Online 9

Introduction 11

Part 1 Let Go

Chapter 1 The Invisible Assembly Line 26

Chapter 2 Shed the Noise 41

Chapter 3 Where You Come from Doesn't Determine Where You Go 52

Chapter 4 Build a Life, Not a Résumé 69

From the Road | Right or Left? 82

Chapter 5 Life Is Linear Only in the Rearview Mirror 88

Chapter 6 Living in Beta 99

Chapter 7 What is Success? 108

Chapter 8 The Blank Canvas 119

Part 2 Define

Chapter 9 Pursue Your Interests-Not an Occupation 130

Chapter 10 Defining Your Foundation 147

Chapter 11 Roadmap 154

Chapter 12 You Might Not Be Crazy, But Maybe You Should Be 165

From the Road | The Internal GPS 176

Chapter 13 What are Your Subjective Truths? 182

Chapter 14 Skills Pay Bills 195

Part 3 Become

Chapter 15 Drip. Drip. Splash. 212

Chapter 16 Shift Your Skills 223

Chapter 17 Hustle 238

Chapter 18 Risk or Regret? You Choose. 255

From the Road | You're the Center 264

Chapter 19 Get to Failing 270

Chapter 20 Fighting Doubt 279

Chapter 21 Practice, Schmactice. It's Doing That Matters. 288

Chapter 22 When to Veer and When to U-Turn 301

Chapter 23 Distinction is Everything 310

Projects

Project #1 Talk with Someone Who's Living Your Roadmap 320

Project #2 Sell Your Goods/Services Online 328

Project #3 Travel to a New Place 334

Project #4 Create Your Own Semester 339

Project #5 Find Your Niche 346

Project #6 Invent Your Own Project 350

Acknowledgments 356

Index 358