Own Your Future
eBook - ePub

Own Your Future

How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Own Your Future

How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy

About this book

This insightful and helpful resource gives you the tools, tips, and techniques you need to succeed--no matter what comes your way.

Not everyone has the means and resources to become a successful entrepreneur. So does that mean everyone else must hinge their success on the hopes that they survive the next set of layoffs and that their chosen field doesn’t become the next dying industry? Not at all! The successful methods that the leading entrepreneurs used to find their niche in today’s marketplace can be applied by all in their pursuit of a long-lasting, rewarding career.

Own Your Future shows you how to take the same small steps forward they use to reinvent the way you maneuver in an unpredictable job market. You will discover how to:

  • Act--Thinking alone will never change your life; you must take that first step.
  • Learn--What lessons did you learn from that first step?
  • Build--Take what you learned and apply it to improve upon that first step.
  • Repeat--Continue this process until you have achieved your goal!

Too often, people picture their perfect career and then think through all the steps backward to plan out their path to career success. There is very little assurance that your chosen job--perhaps even the industry itself--will even be there by the time you maneuver through the long path of continuing education and promotions.

Don’t rest your success on the mercy of an ever-changing marketplace. Filled with stories of professionals of all kinds who have profited from this proactive approach, Own Your Future will teach you how to take control.

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Information

Publisher
AMACOM
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780814434109

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction: “We Love the Idea. It’s Just Too Darn Depressing to Publish.”
  7. Section I: Did the Earth Move? Yes. It Did
  8. Section II: Get Out of the Headlights, Dear
  9. Section III: Where Do You Want to Go?
  10. Section IV: You Don’t Have to be an Entrepreneur (How to Think and Act Entrepreneurially Without Starting a Business)
  11. Appendix A: Teaching the ALBR Model
  12. Appendix B: Using ALBR in the Public Sector
  13. Index
  14. About the Authors
  15. Free Sample Chapter from the Economy of you by Kimberly Palmer
  16. Bestsellers from AMACOM
  17. About AMACOM

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