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The get ready, get going guide to navigating career change and doing work you love! New York Times best-selling author Jon Acuff has drawn millions of online fans who love his refreshing mix of humor, honesty, and wisdom about the world of work. Now he offers his most important audiobook yet, a guide to making big career changes - by choice or necessity - and escaping the horrible feeling of being trapped in the wrong job. Acuff finds it amazing that people spend more than 18 years studying and preparing for college but little or no time honing their careers between graduation and retirement. He offers an empowering tool he calls the Career Savings Account, which will change the way you think about your skills, relationships, character, and work ethic. He also shows that if you're on the wrong track, you already have what you need to change it - even if your family and mortgage mean you can't simply pick up and move for a new opportunity. Throughout the book, Acuff features inspiring and funny true stories - not merely his own but those of friends who restarted their careers after a layoff, an extended maternity leave, or simply the realization that they were suffering 50 weeks a year just to pay the bills and enjoy two weeks of vacation. Everyone can benefit from Do Over, from new graduates to 50-somethings and beyond.
Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 6 hours and 46 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Audible.com Release Date: April 7, 2015
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B00VQRL096
Best Sellers Rank: #22 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Business & Investing > Careers #97 in Books > Business & Money > Job Hunting & Careers > Guides #210 in Books > Business & Money > Business Culture > Motivation & Self-Improvement
You ever come back from a vacation and find yourself in an instant state of fear, uncertainty or you just didn't care anymore about the job you were doing for any number of reasons from the people you work for/with to the role you play in the organization? It happens to everyone and Jon Acuff addresses a great concept, the "Do Over."I remember playing games as a kid, if you messed up you would always call out "I want a do over!" and get to take another chance.This book isn't about quitting your job, it's not about starting a new one as Jon points out he has books on those topics already. What this book attempts to be is a playbook telling you the things you need to know. It gives you tools to use to figure out what you need to know and do. For example, throughout the book note-cards are a popular go-to tool that Jon asks you to pull out and use. He coaches you through the process explaining in the text that he knows it will be a challenge because you may not know what you want to do, but he asks for trusts.Jon really offers great advice on restarting your career and making sure you are in a great place when you do so. It may be tempting to restart your career and burn bridges on the way out of your old but Jon explains why that isn't a good thing and what to do if you already have burned some bridges.This is an all around practical book that offers good advice and exercises to make sure you are where you need to be. I would recommend it for anyone that has been in the same position or business for multiple years and needs that little push of motivation. Even for a new employee this is a great book to keep your mind focused and start you off on the right track but it is really designed for those of us that need the extra push and help to move us on our way and restart our careers.
Whether you're a blue collar worker, white collar worker, ministry leader, or blogger, Jon Acuff's "Do Over" book is an essential handbook for any career! From the time I first started reading the book it was stuck in my hand and I did not want to put it down. Immediately I started telling family members and friends to read the book. The concepts are simple to implement- yet full of life-long skills.In my print copy of the #DoOver book I've highlighted 90% of the book with marks such as "try this," or "do now" and "quote that." Seriously great book!Acuff's writing style is entertaining and fun to read. This is not a boring career book with dry concepts. His fresh approach includes ideas such as:>> Master the Invisible Skills>> Never Become a Dinosaur>> Grab the Right Hammer for Your Career CeilingHidden behind years of humor and sarcasm is a brilliant mind with equally brilliant concepts. He's authentic, bold, humble and confident as Acuff shares his testimony on intentional career building. I could read this book over and over again (and probably will) and never get bored with it. Kudos to the writer and publisher for a book worthy of the bestsellers list!Christine AbrahamFounder/Ministry Director at Womens Bible Cafe
Jon's newest book is simultaneously an enjoyable analysis of shifting trends in 21st-century business and the best kind of do-it-yourself/self-help workbook: it was both laugh-out-loud-worthy and a quick read. Despite being a busy young working professional, I finished reading Do Over in 10 days with a LONG iPhone list consisting of:1) Jobs I've Had, My Performance at each one, The Way I Left each one, and the Strength of Relationships I Left Behind2) Skills I learned in the past, why it worked, and a succinct list of Could vs. Should Skills3) A self-audit of Skills that come Naturally, What people Pay me for, What I'm Afraid of, and What I'll Write an eBook on4) People I've worked with, played with, lived with, sought career advice from, followed online AND People who are Influential, Own a Business, and Wise about Career IssuesI wouldn't want to go through a career transition without this book, and I'm glad it finally exists. The cartoons are comical, the one-liners are actually funny, and the insight on each page is worth its weight in gold (maybe that's why they went with yellow for the cover...). If I had to pick one career coach to stick with for the next 15 years, it would be Jon Acuff, and I hope he decides to give in-person lessons or at least start video-blogging.If you made it this far down, why are you still reading? You should've bought the book already, seriously...
I bought Do Over as a result of John Acuff's email marketing campaign. He was probably doing it right. My career has pretty much been the subject of his book. I outgrow and get bored of jobs, I've been fired, and I've been stuck.This book didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.Acuff writes about what he calls the "Career Savings Account". It's contacts plus skill plus character times hustle. He painstakingly write about each of the sections.I often complain about books written by pastors. Acuff is a pastor's son, so it fits. He continues to ramble on with stories, anecdotes, and jokes long after his point has been made and accepted. It seems like this could have been a very efficient book in 30-50 pages.That's not to say the book lacks value. I wholeheartedly agree with his viewpoints, especially about skill and character and how you must develop them to get along and ahead in your career. I'm sure the book will be useful to many people. It's simply written in a style that doesn't agree with me very well. It takes time to read a book and when it seems like the author is rambling on to make an arbitrary page count, I get annoyed. Acuff seems very likable. He'd probably be fun to get together with.One last point is about his stories. I sometimes enjoy stories and learn very well from them. To this day, I can tell you what "Voltage Standing Wave Ratio" is because an instructor accompanied that lesson with a story about how a seal broke between a cooling system and a waveguide and water started shooting out of the RADAR. Acuff's stories, especially in the first part of the book, seem like he's holding back. He starts to share a story, but doesn't give enough details for me to decide if I care or not. Later in the book he wraps some of them up to a point, but not all the way. Maybe it's just how he structured the book.
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