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Title: Second Acts : Creating the Life You Really Want, Building the Career You Truly Desire by Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine ISBN: 0-06-051487-6 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dreams Can Come True: And This Book Proves It!
Comment: This book changed my life. Literally. Stuck in a job rut, unsure of how to make my long held dreams come true, I picked up "Second Acts". Not only do Pollan and Levine carefully lay out a strategy for distilling your dream down to its essence, but they also guide readers through the most common obstacles those trying to change their life encounter, many of which are actually self created. Their advice is simple, straightforward, and easy to understand.
If you've always dreamed of making a change in your life, either small or large, but were too afraid or unsure of where to start , then this is the book for you . Buy "Second Acts"-then start yours!
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent resource for midlife career changers
Comment: Stephen Pollan draws on his background as lawyer and financial advisor, once again demonstrating that life is the best preparation for a career as a life coach. His book offers the familiar promise, "It's never too late," but with some surprising twists.
The best part of this book is the section on deciding what you want to do with your life. Pollan's exercises are original and would, I believe, help many people to discover their own next step. For instance, Pollan urges readers to review activities that they love -- and also places that draw forth a passionate response. His question, "What need does this passion address?" is extremely helpful and, unfortunately, rarely asked.
Implementation sections are helpful but I would encourage readers to seek supplementary guidance. Pollan suggests that a degree from University of Phoenix may be as helpful, in some cases, as a degree from Harvard. I encourage my own clients to talk to alumni from any school. Some doors will be closed to Phoenix alums, including some adjunct teaching options. On the other hand, a fifty-plus career changer who wants to set up shop as a counselor would do as well with a degree from the fastest, lowest-cost school whose courses are recognized by the state in question.
Still, I would be careful. I have heard first-account accounts of degree programs losing acceptability by accrediting bodies.
Pollan urges readers to omit dates from a resume. If you're using a back-door method to get a job (as you should!) that strategy will work. However, if your resume goes through a human resource department, it will most likely get tossed or you will be asked to submit traditional resume with dates.
Finally, I was disturbed by the grammar errors distributed lavishly through the text. A top publisher should have provided a copy editor! In particular the author writes "I" instead of "me"
("he showed my wife and I...")
Despite these qualms and quibbles, if you're a midlife career changer, you'll find this book more helpful than most. If nothing else, the author is a fine role model.
Rating: 4
Summary: Go Ahead, You Can Do It!
Comment: Pollan taps into an almost universal wish -- to be doing something else for a living. His strength here, as in his previous books, is to be a cheerleader. Everyone wants to be told, "go ahead, you can do it," and Pollan tells us just that.
Since he defines Second Acts so broadly (a couple who decide to buy a second home in the country, for instance), nearly everyone can be considered a candidate for a Second Act. He outlines the steps you should take before taking the leap. Decide just what it is you want and don't want, determine what financial and family support you will need, etc. By making an orderly exercise out of it, it seems more attainable.
Pollan is good at organizing us and putting a positive spin on doing something that is risky and frightening for most of us. I have to disagree with him on one point, and that is asking family members for money. He says that your family wants you to be happy, and if they were planning on leaving you money in their will, for instance, you should tell them you need it now. Or, if you don't have willing and wealthy grandparents, ask siblings or parents for a loan. This sounds like a mistake to me, but maybe Pollan knows better. It would also be nice to have a summary of the steps at the end of the book.
If you are thinking of a Second Act (and who isn't), you could probably figure out Pollan's steps on your own, but it's nice to have them organized for you with a friendly mentor cheering you on.
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Title: Too Young to Retire: An Off-The-Road Map to the Rest of Your Life by Marika Stone, Howard Stone ISBN: 1932133143 Publisher: Writers' Collective Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: What Should I Do with My Life? by PO BRONSON ISBN: 0375507493 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: I Don't Know What I Want, but I Know It's Not This: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work by Julie Jansen ISBN: 0142002488 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Retire Sooner, Retire Richer : How to Build and Manage Wealth to Last a Lifetime by Frank L. Netti ISBN: 0071396993 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 27 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra ISBN: 1578517788 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: 03 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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