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The first version of this book came out in 1970 at a time that many businesses were downsizing and people in the middle of their careers found themselves out of work. This was in an era that people expected life time employment from large companies. Bolles' book was an encouragement to consider what a job seeker wanted to do for their next season of life. I first read this book with my wife at the start of our careers trying to figure out how to move forward. This book was invaluable in helping us figure out what we wanted to do, and where we wanted to do it. Since then I have periodically picked up updated versions of this book, and repeatedly give this book to point who were working on determining they career path. As a direct result of doing the exercises in this book my wife selected her career, I changed workplaces, and we moved across the country. While this book can be useful to people at any stage of life, it is most helpful to someone who has had sufficient life experience to reflect on what they have done. This book encourages the reader to figure out what they are called to do (a vocation) and do that. The money (or at least enough for you survive) will follow. You might not be rich materially, but you will be rich in experience and quality of life. Sometimes people say do a job you love, but I prefer to say do a job that is meaningful, that has impact, and you you will love the job. When I first worked through the exercises in the early 1990s, I didn't change my career, but I had a deeper sense of purpose in my day to day work experience.