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judeandolin's review against another edition
3.0
This was a pretty helpful book for identifying the individual questions to ask oneself when searching for meaning in your work. I've always felt overwhelmed with possibilities when thinking about all the different paths I'm interested in and this really helped me break down the meaning I'm looking for into the simplest possible questions. This book helped me realize I want to pursue being a librarian :-D
_chaoticbooknook's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
a quick read/listen about finding satisfaction with your career that was recommended to me by a friend. it was good, but i feel like this was published too late to be truly impactful and relevant.
this book seems to be geared towards two types of people: people earlier in their careers, and people who need a little extra push to make a big change in their careers. neither of which are me at the moment, so i don’t think it quite landed the way it could’ve. so take that into account with my review.
there are a number of good, impactful nuggets in here: about making choices about your career that align with your values and work for the kind of life you want to have; understanding that in today’s world, a job and career looks very different from the traditional linear path our parents grew up with; and that with more untraditional job options means a plethora of paths and choices that simply feel overwhelming at times. it just.. all fell flat to me somehow because nothing about what he’s saying is new - a lot of ideas have been floating around in the general discourse for at least a decade already - nor is it leading to any additional insights. it all seems to distill down to: know thyself and thy motivations well so you can more easily figure out what sort of next job and career you want.
i feel like Feiler’s intent with this book is to motivate the reader to be brave in making risky career decisions. most of the stories he highlights are of people who make these changes: how they decided to make such a large change, and the outcome of that (spoiler: all are the happier for having taken the risk). and i do think it would be motivational to a more primed audience - but it just fell a bit flat for me, especially off the tails of a v good career-centric book like 7 Habit.
overall, it’s a solid, easy read that is very temporal - idk if it will stand the test of time. it was uplifting and inspiring hearing some of the stories. but - just not for me.
this book seems to be geared towards two types of people: people earlier in their careers, and people who need a little extra push to make a big change in their careers. neither of which are me at the moment, so i don’t think it quite landed the way it could’ve. so take that into account with my review.
there are a number of good, impactful nuggets in here: about making choices about your career that align with your values and work for the kind of life you want to have; understanding that in today’s world, a job and career looks very different from the traditional linear path our parents grew up with; and that with more untraditional job options means a plethora of paths and choices that simply feel overwhelming at times. it just.. all fell flat to me somehow because nothing about what he’s saying is new - a lot of ideas have been floating around in the general discourse for at least a decade already - nor is it leading to any additional insights. it all seems to distill down to: know thyself and thy motivations well so you can more easily figure out what sort of next job and career you want.
i feel like Feiler’s intent with this book is to motivate the reader to be brave in making risky career decisions. most of the stories he highlights are of people who make these changes: how they decided to make such a large change, and the outcome of that (spoiler: all are the happier for having taken the risk). and i do think it would be motivational to a more primed audience - but it just fell a bit flat for me, especially off the tails of a v good career-centric book like 7 Habit.
overall, it’s a solid, easy read that is very temporal - idk if it will stand the test of time. it was uplifting and inspiring hearing some of the stories. but - just not for me.
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