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Title: Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes by William Bridges ISBN: 0-201-00082-2 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Tough to read, but valuable
Comment: This book deals with the general topic of dealing with dramatic events in one's life, such as divorce, loss of a job, death of a loved one, etc. It is difficult to read, for several reasons. I found the first half of the book to be very depressing. In addition, unless you are a scholar of ancient Greek literature, it may be difficult to understand all of the analogies Bridges is trying to draw. And the topics are just plain deep. Bridges outlines three phases of any of life's transitions: an ending, a period of confusion, and a new beginning. Bridges seems to want people to acknowledge their endings, and offers some good advice for handling the middle period (although I doubt many people would sit down and write their autobiographies). If you are going through a transition, and trying to make sense of why it is occuring to you (what caused the ending?), I don't think this book will help much. This book is more for people who are focusing forward, not backward.
Rating: 5
Summary: Helpful for all sorts of life transitions
Comment: I've always taken a relentlessly positive approach to losses: if your job goes away (for whatever reason), find a new one promptly; if a romance goes phfft, go out and get involved in some activity where you'll meet new people; etc. I wouldn't let myself feel any negative emotions about the situation, let alone express them to anyone else ("I'm not a whiner," I told myself). However, after years of doing this, I realized that my life seemed to be getting narrower and duller. This book helped to show me why: having never dealt with the pain associated with previous transitions, I was subconsciously choosing the "safer" alternative rather than taking any risks that might lead to yet another painful loss.
Last year I was laid off from my job. This time I let myself experience the anger and feelings of betrayal that this aroused in me, and I expressed those feelings to my family and a few close friends. Interestingly, I found some short-term free-lance work almost immediately, then took a short vacation, and three weeks after I returned I had another job! I don't say it was cause and effect, but this was one of the less painful transitions I've gone through. This is a GREAT book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A light-bulb moment condensed into a book
Comment: An icon in its field. The book helps understand the difference between change and transition. It has universal apppication: personal, professional or cultural; across any stage in life and any situation.
I found the strong process parallels with Khubler-Ross' work ("On Death & Dying") very interesting.
An easy, quick read.
Buy a good cover - you are going to read this many times over.
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Title: Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change by William Bridges ISBN: 0738208248 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments by William Bridges ISBN: 073820529X Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: McDonaldization: The Reader by George Ritzer ISBN: 0761987673 Publisher: Pine Forge Press Pub. Date: 19 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060921145 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Jobshift: How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs by William Bridges ISBN: 0201489333 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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