I had to leap not for my decision and I was hmm I am dealing with the identification that I created with work. The message of this book does not lean into that mindset and instead hangs more so on the idea of leaping and taking as much time as you need doing whatever to make you feel good (warm and fuzzy) about you moving forward. Think about it if you're going into a new career or another job you'll want to stay mentally sharp and still try to gain skills or push yourself harder with the time that you have off. I honestly feel like if you're going to leap you should bust your a** and make better habits and do the things you've always wanted to do while putting off lounging around or "I'll get to it someday" mentality. Unfortunately for me I just couldn't find the value in her message. Her presentation is phenomenal and I can see why listeners love her. There some small nuggets of good advice but nothing that helps the listener set goals or motivates into action. Don't listen to others or the negative stigmas of what a leap looks likes or how it is perceived. The moral of the message she relays is you do what you need to do for yourself and keep in mind the commitments and the challenges a leap makes. She explains and elaborates in every possible way, the good, the bad and the ugly but so much of it is the same consistent message of her experience and by the time the book ended I had had enough of her explaining how challenging the experience (good/bad) has been. The rest of the content is the same message over and over again (majority of Tess explaining to the listener how troubled she was and still is over the leap experience). The audio book only has around one and a 1/2 hours of meaningful content which is experiences and sentiments of others who have leaped along with Tess. I never heard Marketplace prior to listening and with just being laid off and looking to take a leap I figured this was a good opportunity to listen for advice and experience from someone who has.
You might automatically love this book if you're a Tess fan.
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Part memoir and part field guide, this book offers a funny, thoughtful, and provocative look at how to find satisfaction and success when pursuing a career less ordinary. Success doesn't have to be measured by salary or a traditional career path, as so many of us are conditioned to think, but by your own happiness and fulfillment.
Tess poses the important question, "Who am I without my job?" She shares the accounts of people who struggled with this question before and after they took their own leaps of faith, and they ended up finding out more about themselves than they'd thought possible. Leap is also about finding a new definition of success. With her signature humor, she writes honestly about the fear, uncertainty, and risk involved in leaving the traditional workforce - but also the excitement, resources, and possibilities that are on the other side. Suddenly she was no longer " Marketplace's Tess Vigeland" she was just Tess Vigeland.įor the multitude of Americans who change jobs midcareer (by choice or circumstance), the growing legions of freelance workers, and the entrepreneurially minded who see self-employment as an increasingly more appealing and viable option, Tess Vigeland has created a personal and well-researched account of leaping without a net. Without any definite, clear sense of what she wanted to do next (but an absolute certainty that what she'd been doing was no longer truly satisfying), she walked away from her dream job and into a vast unknown. It was a rewarding, high-status job, and Tess was very good at it - but she'd begun to feel restless. Until recently Tess Vigeland was a longtime host of public radio's Marketplace.
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