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I could do anything if I only knew what it was
Barbara Sher
Hodder Headline Australia, 1999
Sorting Out Your Life
This book has exercises to help you figure out what you really want in life. It aims to get you beyond the negative thinking and self-sabatage, those messages in our heads, that keeps us stalled. It was interesting reading about the family patterns and life experiences that might keep you in a ...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-Changers
Richard Nelson Bolles
Ten Speed Press, 2007
What a lifesaver!
+ A Must-Read for Those on the Voyage of Self-Discovery
+ A Rock Solid Reference
This book is truly a lifesaver, and it's updated every year. I have not had to look for a job in 20 years, and didn't truly know how to write a professional resume. Not only did I learn alot about writing resumes but I also learned alot about myself! This is a book I will keep close at hand ...
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
A Look in the Mirror
+ The good and the bad
+ Strengths review
[As a corporate human resources director, I often work on developing the latent talents and skills of various managers. Years ago, I taught a class where I had each participant to look into a hand-held mirror and ask the question, "Would you want to work for this person?"
This book takes this ...
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Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams
Pamela Skillings
Ballantine Books, 2008
This book covers all the basic options available to someone who is tired of the rat race and wants something different.
+ A Breath of Fresh Air for the Future Entrepreneur!
+ Excellent career-changing advice with good humor
+ Well done
+ Are you serving twenty-to-life in a cube farm?
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Tom Rath
Gallup Press, 2007
One of the best books of the year
+ Great book!
+ A little more knowledge
+ Buyer Beware
+ Excellent for Discovering Your Strengths so You Can Make Them Better
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Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
Herminia Ibarra
Harvard Business School Press, 2004
Keeping Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs
+ An insightful and refreshing book
+ I agree
+ Appropriate for Exec-Level Career Changers (or Contemplators...)
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What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
Po Bronson
Ballantine Books, 2005
Excellent not-self help book; beyond sentiments and cliches
+ Fascinating and inspirational!
I love this book. It did not "change" my life. It did afford me a lot of insight into how people actually change their lives, beyond sentiments and cliches of self help books. It reads like a novel. And it is certainly not all about white over educated or indulgent people - anyone who states this ...
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Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams
Pamela Skillings
Ballantine Books, 2008
This book covers all the basic options available to someone who is tired of the rat race and wants something different.
+ A Breath of Fresh Air for the Future Entrepreneur!
+ Excellent career-changing advice with good humor
+ Well done
+ Are you serving twenty-to-life in a cube farm?
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I could do anything if I only knew what it was
Barbara Sher
Hodder Headline Australia, 1999
Sorting Out Your Life
This book has exercises to help you figure out what you really want in life. It aims to get you beyond the negative thinking and self-sabatage, those messages in our heads, that keeps us stalled. It was interesting reading about the family patterns and life experiences that might keep you in a ...
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What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
Po Bronson
Ballantine Books, 2005
Excellent not-self help book; beyond sentiments and cliches
+ Fascinating and inspirational!
I love this book. It did not "change" my life. It did afford me a lot of insight into how people actually change their lives, beyond sentiments and cliches of self help books. It reads like a novel. And it is certainly not all about white over educated or indulgent people - anyone who states this ...
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Tom Rath
Gallup Press, 2007
One of the best books of the year
+ Great book!
+ A little more knowledge
+ Buyer Beware
+ Excellent for Discovering Your Strengths so You Can Make Them Better
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
A Look in the Mirror
+ The good and the bad
+ Strengths review
[As a corporate human resources director, I often work on developing the latent talents and skills of various managers. Years ago, I taught a class where I had each participant to look into a hand-held mirror and ask the question, "Would you want to work for this person?"
This book takes this ...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-Changers
Richard Nelson Bolles
Ten Speed Press, 2007
What a lifesaver!
+ A Must-Read for Those on the Voyage of Self-Discovery
+ A Rock Solid Reference
This book is truly a lifesaver, and it's updated every year. I have not had to look for a job in 20 years, and didn't truly know how to write a professional resume. Not only did I learn alot about writing resumes but I also learned alot about myself! This is a book I will keep close at hand ...
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Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
Herminia Ibarra
Harvard Business School Press, 2004
Keeping Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs
+ An insightful and refreshing book
+ I agree
+ Appropriate for Exec-Level Career Changers (or Contemplators...)
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