Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus?

by Marti Smye

Downsized? Fed up? Don't worry -- there's still time to start over! Part nspiration, part toolkit, this book answers the question What am I going to dowith my next life?" -- showing career changers how to embrace new professional lives as well as the "new you" that emerges.

From corporate upheaval to personal discontent, Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus? explores multiple reasons for considering a career change andprovides the most effective tools for taking charge of a career transition. Quizzes and checklists help identify individual strengths and desires -- both personal and professional -- to help you invest in your personal growth and develop a realistic and flexible plan of action.This book is filled with uplifting, real-life stories from people who have found the confidence and self-management savvy to reach out and grab their dream -- from a biology professor turned jungle guide to a communications exec turned charter boatoperator."

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Business

274 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uh-oh! Devin always gets very nervous when I pull this book off the shelf. But it's one of those read that just makes me happy, especially after a long work day when I can just flip through a few pages. It's the book that empowered me to stop being someone else's employee and 'go independant' and it's the book that I expect will be with me through my future adventures.

A very empowering book. Includes some good exercises and thinking points. And a little humor here and there helps a lot as well.

[Lindsey · Rating 1 out of 5]

There are better career-path books. It was really hard to finish this one.