No fears, no excuses : what you need to do to have a great career /
"Over the past three decades, professor Larry Smith has become something of a "career whisperer" for his students at the University of Waterloo. Each year, millions of talented college students graduate with little or no real sense of what their next step will be, yet they are determi...
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Finding your passion. Why good work is no longer good enough ; Why "safe" jobs are a myth ; How logic and evidence will find you work you love ; The most common career mistakes
- Part II: Creating your career plan. Getting yourself ready ; Find your edge ; Sell yourself by selling your idea ; Execute and revise
- Part III: Confronting fears and excuses. Anatomy of the excuse ; How great careers and loving families go hand in hand ; The bottom line of great careers ; When your passion collides with your fears
- Conclusion: Taking action.