Do What You Love for the Rest of Your Life : A Practical Guide to Career Change and Personal Renewal

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Summary: Good Structure
Review: Do What You Love for the Rest of Your Life : A Practical Guide to Career Change and Personal Renewal by Bob Griffiths can certainly stand on its merits. It gives good case histories detailing how various people he interviewed turned their careers around. It discusses the different sacrifices ech had made. The story about the Wall Street tycoon who managed everone else's money but his own seems to stand out the most.

However, this leads me to the weakness of this book. I finished this book abouttwo weeks ago and the main thing that stands out is the organizational structure and that many things can influence a person into changing a career. If you were to ask me the specific details behind the case studies, I really can not remember much. Part of it is Griffith's writing style and part of it could be that the stories themselves are really not overly inspiring. In other words, tehre are probably ten other similar stories out there. That is good in the sense that people can relate to Griffiths. However, in depicting a specific case study somehow the inspiration level is decent as opposed to excellent.

Nonetheless, this book is worthy if not quite over the top.

Rating:
Summary: Good Structure
Review: Do What You Love for the Rest of Your Life : A Practical Guide to Career Change and Personal Renewal by Bob Griffiths can certainly stand on its merits. It gives good case histories detailing how various people he interviewed turned their careers around. It discusses the different sacrifices ech had made. The story about the Wall Street tycoon who managed everone else's money but his own seems to stand out the most.

However, this leads me to the weakness of this book. I finished this book abouttwo weeks ago and the main thing that stands out is the organizational structure and that many things can influence a person into changing a career. If you were to ask me the specific details behind the case studies, I really can not remember much. Part of it is Griffith's writing style and part of it could be that the stories themselves are really not overly inspiring. In other words, tehre are probably ten other similar stories out there. That is good in the sense that people can relate to Griffiths. However, in depicting a specific case study somehow the inspiration level is decent as opposed to excellent.

Nonetheless, this book is worthy if not quite over the top.

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Summary: Very Insightful Book
Review: I lost my job and was at a total loss of what to do and where to go. After reading this book I now have a better idea of what I would really like to do with my life. This book is well written and easy to understand. Another great book that helped me discover what I want and how to get there is Rat Race Relaxer: Your Potential & The Maze of Life by JoAnna Carey.

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Summary: Wow--Bob Griffiths wrote this book for me!
Review: I was attracted to the title of this book since I have been in the same field for 30 years and have begun to feel burnt out. I didnt see a way out before normal retirement, until I read this book.

This book has been very helpful to me since it includes a step by step guide to identifying your passions, what you do well, your fears, your financial picture (including differentiating between needs and wants), family concerns and more. Equally encouraging are first person reports from people who actually made dramatic life style changes and are doing what they love. I have gone over the sections and am just finishing evaluating my finances and feel that I am in a better position to make a change in the next few years. I now see that some lifestyle changes, an early or normal retirement with a reduced income and a part time job could give me options that will improve the quality of life for myself and my family.

Sometimes you need a nudge or another way of seeing things differently. This book has given that to me and I highly recommend it.

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Summary: go figure
Review: What do you do when you give up your spirtually unfulfilling but financially rewarding job only to find that its a cold, hard world out their? You write a book about it in the desperate hope that it will make you some money.

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Summary: Wish I had this book 4 years ago!!
Review: When I left the corporate world in June of 1998, it was quite a difficult period -- after 14 years, I left a high-paying job at a movie company in Hollywood and moved to a small Northern California town (without a paying job waiting for me) to write plays and screenplays. It was trial and error all the way -- with the emphasis on Error. This past Christmas I was given this book as a gift. Wow! What common sense guidelines, interesting case histories, and superb advice from Mr. Griffiths! While I can't undo past mistakes, this book is STILL useful in helping me plot out my goals and do it successfully. I urge anyone who is thinking of changing careers in mid-life (or even before) TO READ THIS BOOK! It will save you a lot of grief. Take it from one who knows!