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One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success (平装)
by Marci Alboher
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Career development |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
This smart book combines inspirational stories about work/life balance with plenty of expert advice, providing inventive ways to recharge your careers, invigorate your lives or blaze an entirely new trail. |
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Nancy (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
I found One Person/Multiple Careers to be un-put-down-able. As a mom/Holistic Health Counselor I will use the book's concepts in both my counseling and my parenting. Exploring the slash experiences of so many fulfilled, exceptional and accomplished people is making me rethink how I am raising my three daughters. It had seemed to me for quite awhile, until I read the book in fact, that narrow and deep was the path to great success. It took me several careers, a fancy MBA and a long hiatus to start a family, to finally integrate my passions and my career.
I love the idea that the web is a slashers best friend as I get ready to launch a bigger business while maintaining my existing two slashes. One Person/Multiple Careers clarifies that it can be done, how it can be done and that the most fulfilling, make-a-difference-in-the-world careers are slashes! |
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Deer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
Many of us choose to be defined by who we are rather than what our occupation is and for those of us who want the freedom to choose our pathways this is a fantastic look into that world.
Ms. Alboher does a fantastic job capturing the ideas of the 'slash' or multiple occupation person. Being what I know now as a 'slash' I can safely say that anyone considering a job move should read this book. You really can be who what you want to be - even if it is more than one occupation!
Thanks Marci for bringing all of this to light! |
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Hawkins (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
This book provides real life examples of people who define themselves in many terms, and addresses the challenges they face and inspiration they derive meandering through their various personas. Ms. Alboher demonstrates that we do not all necessarily fit neatly into a single mold and fulfillment in life can be derived by combining various passions. A true Renaissance woman. Bravo! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
I like the easy to read narrative style of the book, and the real life examples of people who have creatively combined careers- if they can do it, so can you. It is very motivational, especially for people who have had their passion branded as a "hobby". This book shows that if you can combine two careers that together make ends meet, then you have a "slash career". Very validating - thanks! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
People are taking more control over their work lives every day, and this book spotlights successful examples of that trend - it's a great tool for bootstrapping yourself into more than one career. |
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Alfred (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
I found Ms. Alboher's book to be thoroughly inspiring, well-written and nicely paced. It's chock full of riveting profiles with people who have chosen multiple careers over the boring old desk job, and it paves the way for you to do the same. As a fellow slash, perhaps I am biased, but after reading this, it's hard not to feel a bit sorry for non-slashies. This should be required reading for all soon-to-be college graduates and anyone who is even remotely dissatisfied with their career. Bravo! |
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Julie (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
I have been a slash for years but never knew what to call it. Marci has found a unique angle on this growing trend that makes sense! She also provides useful ideas and insights on how to manage these dual (triple, quadruple) lives we lead. Entrepreneurs, in general, are slashes, especially when they are parents (or ParentPreneurs). As a mom / entrepreneur / author / speaker / consultant I felt odd carrying around 4 business cards, but after reading this book, I know I am not alone. Thanks, Marci, for sharing these stories with us and providing legitimacy to the crazy lives we lead! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
If you're not satisfied with answering "what do you do?" with a single job title, if you want more time for your passions and - above all - more life, this book is the book to read.
I struggled with the one-career-one-identity workplace for ages, and the more than 100 case studies in this book present a different reality. Marci, whose journalistic pedigree makes the stories and lessons flow, shows us all how to combine seemingly unrelated careers, overcome overload, and master the new "slash" approach to the game of life.
A must-read for anyone who asks themselves "is this all there is?" on Monday mornings and dreams of doing - and being - more. Stop pigeonholing yourself and selling your diverse talents short. Highly recommended. |
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Robert (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
Simply terrific. Alboher's book is perfectly paced, extremely well organized, packed with practical advice on achieving work/life balance, and one of the most inspiring business books I've read in a long while. (Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" is really the only other business-related book I've recently enjoyed as much.)
Among its many terrific attributes, one of my favorites is the sharp exploration of the notion of "not feeling integrated," of having one identity at work and another at home. So many readers will completely identify, and then benefit from Alboher's thoughtful solutions. |
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Michele (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-28 00:00>
When people ask "What Do You Do?" it's not often that we hear: "I'm a rapper/money manager; personal trainer/police officer; restaurant owner/yoga instructor; theatre director/computer programmer; lawyer/Baptist minister; psychotherapist/violin maker; or pilates instructor/art consultant/author." These are what author/speaker/coach and former lawyer Marci Alboher calls "slashes": people who pursue multiple careers or vocations simultaneously. In her book, One Person, Multiple Careers, Alboher's extensive research and interviews with those who have developed slash careers reveals valuable themes about how these careers evolved and advice for making them work.
An entrepreneurial streak is common among slashes, as is a willingness to be flexible. Some develop a hobby into a career sideline while others have one career serve as an anchor to another riskier venture where the income potential is unknown. She notes that writing, teaching, speaking and consulting can easily be combined with many careers. One chapter is devoted to "parent slashes" who want to create a work life that fits around how they want to parent. Advice on how to anticipate conflicts among slashes as well as potential time management issues are also addressed. According to Alboher, one of the greatest benefits of the slash approach is the ability to take control of one's work life and identity.
For both individuals and career coaches, One Person, Multiple Careers offers information about finding slash-friendly employers and a valuable appendix with samples of how to present oneself in resumes, narrative biographies, business cards, and web sites. The book is well organized, with key points highlighted in bold, special information identified in "slash tip" sections, and useful summaries at the end of each chapter. As career coaches, we can benefit from Alboher's offering of new language and practical information for helping clients create career satisfaction by expressing multiple skills and passions. |
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