num_pages: 288
description: The get ready get going guide to navigating career change and doing work you loveNew York Times bestselling 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 book yet a guide to making big career changesby choice or necessityand escaping the horrible feeling of being trapped in the wrong job.Acuff finds it amazing that people spend more than eighteen 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 readers think about their skills relationships character and work ethic. He also shows that if youre on the wrong track you already have what you need to change iteven if your family and mortgage mean you cant simply pick up and move for a new opportunity.Throughout the book Acuff features inspiring and funny true storiesnot 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 fifty weeks a year just to pay the bills and enjoy two weeks of vacation. Everyone can benefit from Do Over from new graduates to fiftysomethings and beyond. 
language: English
title: Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
publisher: Portfolio