The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love | 
 enlarge | Author: Maureen Anderson
Publisher: AMACOM
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 644836
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0814410510
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9780814410516
ASIN: 0814410510
Publication Date: October 15, 2008
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Product Description
For those who long for their "dream job," a dose of wisdom from those who've found theirs. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find work they love, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret. "The Career Clinic" is filled with intimate, revealing, inspiring stories of career transitions that led to fulfillment, meaning, and peace... and offers suggestions for how others can make them too. Readers will learn how to find their place in the world, have fun, and say, "Yes " to what truly makes them happy.
Book Description
The secret to life is doing the work we are meant to do. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find work they love, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret. The Career Clinic is filled with intimate, revealing, and inspiring stories of career transitions that led to fulfillment, meaning, and peace. . .and offers suggestions for how others can make them too. Readers will find plenty of practical guidance on how to make the leap from the 9-to-5 doldrums to a love affair with their career. From a fashion designer who became a psychotherapist, to a husband and wife who followed their dream to open a bookstore, to a secretary who became the famous editor of a legendary magazine, the book offers warmhearted advice and encouragement. Readers will learn how to find their place in the world, have fun, and say, “Yes!” to what truly makes them happy.
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You'll enjoy being a patient at The Career Clinic November 18, 2008
Let's face it - we don't inherit great jobs from great genes. We have to work at finding work and some people are better at finding the work they love. The Career Clinic will inspire you to keep your career dreams in focus as it reveals the success stories of the hot dog salesman, the "radical careerist", and the Frank Sinatra impersonator, among others!
Loved it October 27, 2008
I'm the one always dreaming of becoming something else, of becoming a better person, of doing more in this world, of leaving my mark! This book inspired me to do all of the above! It shows the rest of us that all of those things we dream about doing, can really be done! This will be THE book that everyone on my list gets for Christmas this year. It doesn't only apply to those changing careers, or needing career advice. Rather, it's a great read that will inspire you and make you feel good!
Courage to say yes October 17, 2008
I read this book just 6 weeks after leaving my job of 12 years. It reaffirmed my belief that quitting was the best thing I did for myself. It isn't easy taking the unknown path but it sure is freeing and enlightening. The people in this book all dared to do something different for themselves and to go out on a limb so to speak. All are happier and better off. This is not to say it is easy. And yet it is crucial to make life changing decisons so that those decisions can really change our life.
Since making a career change myself, I have really noticed how many people complain about their jobs and wish things were different. All of those people will be getting this book as a gift in hopes that it inspires them to just make the choice to be happy.
8 proven paths to career success October 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you learn by stories, this career book is for you. From failure to success, from boredom and burnout to passion, Maureen Anderson has captured stories of people who took the road less traveled, and oh what a journey they are on!
This book reads like armchair adventure, because it is. You can learn how to get the courage to walk away from a job which is getting you down and onto an uncertain career path which will put a smile on your face.
From her years doing radio interviews on The Career Clinic, Anderson has gleaned eight guidelines that her successful people have followed, and these eight rules of career success are the divisions in the book.
If there is anything I would change, it is that the eight rules referred to in the title are sometimes overshadowed by the dynamic tales told by the interviewees. Several times, I had to flip back in the book to find out which rule a story illustrated. But I'm not sure it is a flaw to have such exciting people unfolding in the pages of this book.
As a career counselor, I'm aware that my clients have too few models before them in how to walk away from the security of a good-paying job and into a life of uncertainty and joy. We don't see enough of it. But here they are - folks who have done it and are so glad they did.
Need a dose of enthusiasm, energy, inspiration? Here it is.
Buy this for that gifted someone in your life who needs to be reminded to go for it - that now is the time.
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