Unstoppable: Discover Your True Value, Define Your Genius Zone, and Drive Your Dream Career

by Tracy Timm

Overview

At twenty-five, Tracy Timm experienced a crisis of identity. She had a life that many would envy, but was plagued by the guilt that she was deeply unhappy with her career. Trapped on a Wall Street trading floor for more hours than she cared to add up in a week, and unfulfilled by her daily activities, Timm knew that there had to be more to life than this. But, much to her disappointment, she could not find a proven system that would help her identify her ideal career. That’s when Tracy did the unthinkable: she quit her six-figure job, joined the undergraduate program Semester at Sea, and set out to discover her dream job. After two years of soul-searching, three years of human capital advisory work, and countless career and mentor conversations, Tracy made an incredible breakthrough.

Not only is it possible to find work you love and get paid well in the process, but there is a proven formula to help you discover a super career that fits you perfectly.

Unstoppable shares this proven process with you. In this book, Timm, now living her dream as a sought-after career clarity expert, organizational advisor, speaker, and author, leads you through The Nth Degree® process: a proven, step-by-step strategy to achieve total career clarity. You will learn:

• The proven secret to sustainable career success
• The three types of “fit” that companies are looking for
• A no-fail method for defining your unique professional genius zone
• The two ways to maximize the value you provide
• How to tap into the hidden career marketplace
• Proven methods for creating more wealth in your life and career

Whether you’re miserably employed, looking to level-up in your career, longing to be self-employed, or simply ready to discover the job of your dreams; whether freedom, a high salary, or helping others matters most to you; whether you’re just not sure what you want to do, this book will show you how to discover the way forward and design a career you adore. Timm is a lively, enthusiastic, and encouraging coach, with whose guidance will help you go from stuck in your job to unstoppable in your career and life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781989603451
Publisher:	Page Two Books, Inc.
Publication date:	09/29/2020
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tracy Timm is the founder of The Nth Degree® Career Academy, the proven career clarity system that helps high-potential professionals discover, define, and drive careers they love. She has a degree in behavioral psychology from Yale University and studied design thinking with the founder of the d.school at Stanford University. Tracy left a successful but unsatisfying career in finance, traveled once around the world on Semester at Sea, and discovered her ideal career. For more than five years, she has applied these lessons in her career advisory work with hundreds of individuals and over one hundred fast-growing companies. Tracy lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Awakening 1

Part 1 Discover

1 Get Your Mind Right 19

2 The Only Logical Place to Start 35

3 What Really Matters to You 45

4 Your Core Values on Steroids 57

5 Create a Clear Career Vision 71

6 Effectively Turn the Lens Inward 79

7 See Others as Valuable Mirrors 93

8 Cultivate a Nothing Is Wasted Mindset 101

9 The Value of That Job You Couldn't Stand 111

10 Your Secret Skill Set 119

Part 2 Define

11 Aligning Your Professional Puzzle Pieces 129

12 The Nexus of Now, Nature, and Nurture 139

13 Give Your Vision the Necessary Details 147

Part 3 Drive

14 The First Step in Your Search 157

15 Prepare to Share Your Vision 171

16 Maximize the Power of People 185

17 Little Bets Lead to Big Wins 199

18 Create a Ninety-Day Action Plan 209

19 Conquer Despair, Doubt, and Defeat 219

Conclusion: Living to the Nth Degree 233

Acknowledgments 240

Notes 243

Editorial Reviews

Many people don’t change because they feel deep down that change isn’t possible. So if we want greater happiness and success in our lives, we need to kick-start the belief that we can change. In Unstoppable, Tracy Timm outlines clear and practical ways to break out of the cycle of feeling stuck so you can get more wins, which will help you to pursue your long-term goals and dreams.”
—Shawn Achor, New York Times–bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential

“Changing careers is daunting. Tracy Timm’s Unstoppable provides the framework you never knew you needed to take the guesswork out of the transition.”
—Laura Gassner Otting, author of Limitless

“Start now, start today. Unstoppable provides a simple, proven, effective method to find career clarity and build a life that matters.”
—Adam Smiley Poswolsky, author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough

“Unstoppable is the career guidebook for anyone wishing there was a method to the work madness. In her proven formula, Tracy Timm teaches you about effective introspection—how to find the Venn diagram overlap of all the traits and skills you bring to the table—and how to create an action plan to successfully transition careers. If you’ve been looking for the missing manual on how to drive your career forward, this is it.”
—Lisa Lewis Miller, CEO of GetCareerClarity.com

“So often books talk about what your passion or purpose is, or why it’s so important to pursue it—but never tell you how to find it and how to do it for yourself. With this practical, tools-driven book, Tracy Timm gives you all three. A vision to pursue, a reason to pursue it, and, most importantly, step-by-step guidance on how to find—and do—what makes you unstoppable.”
—Tamsen Webster, founder and chief message strategist of Find the Red Thread

“If you want to chase your one singular passion to end all passions, then this isn’t the book for you. However, if you want to lead a much more fulfilling, purposeful life filled with excitement (and passion) for your work, then Unstoppable is exactly the book to get you started.”
—Scott Anthony Barlow, CEO and founder of Happen to Your Career

“Unstoppable by Tracy Timm is a heartfelt, entertaining, and informative read, full of actionable tools and techniques that are sure to leave you energized and ready to tackle your future from the minute you dive in. I highly recommend this book for anyone who desires to unlock their true potential and live their best life.”
—Jeff Hoffman, cofounder of Priceline

“In today’s complex world, where we invest our precious time matters more than ever. This book is a powerful blueprint to help you maximize your personal and professional time. If you’re looking to make a bigger impact, be fulfilled, and truly live out your dreams, I highly recommend you read Unstoppable.”
—Erin King, social media expert and speaker

From the Publisher

★ 09/01/2020

Career coach Timm goes in depth to demonstrate that you do not have to accept unhappiness in your career. According to Timm, many people say that they come to work each day because they have to pay the bills. How then is this job shaping their lives? Are they grumpier each day and not only at work but also in their personal lives? This book provides a unique nonscientific, nonreligious approach to achieving one's dream job based on the author's personal experience. This approach is known as the Nth degree methodology and can be applied to anyone looking to achieve the ultimate high. The information presented is concise and always on target. VERDICT For anyone looking to obtain lifelong tools rather than a step-by-step guide to success, this book is for you. Recommended for fans of Carey Davidson's The Five Archetypes.—Adesh Rampat, Miami

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