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Do Over, Jon Acuff

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Do Over

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Jon Acuff

The get ready, get going guide to navigating careerchange and doing work you love! NewYork Times bestselling author Jon Acuff has drawn millions ofonline fans who love his refreshing mix of humor, honesty, and wisdom about theworld of work. Now he offers his most important book yet, a guide to making bigcareer changes?by choice or necessity?and escaping the horrible feeling of beingtrapped in the wrong job. Acuff finds it amazing that people spend more thaneighteen years studying and preparing for college but little or no time honingtheir careers between graduation and retirement. He offers an empowering toolhe calls the Career Savings Account, which will change the way you think about yourskills, relationships, character, and work ethic. He also shows that if you'reon the wrong track, you already have what you need to change it?even if yourfamily and mortgage mean you can't simply pick up and move for a newopportunity. Throughout the book, Acuff features inspiring andfunny true stories?not merely his own but those of friends who restarted theircareers after a layoff, an extended maternity leave, or simply the realizationthat they were suffering fifty weeks a year just to pay the bills and enjoy twoweeks of vacation. Everyone can benefit from Do Over , from new graduates to fiftysomethings and beyond

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