Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus?: A Guide for your Second Life

Downsized? Fed up? Don't worry -- there's still time to start over! Part nspiration, part toolkit, this book answers the question What am I going to dowith my next life?" -- showing career changers how to embrace new professional lives as well as the "new you" that emerges.

From corporate upheaval to personal discontent, Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus? explores multiple reasons for considering a career change andprovides the most effective tools for taking charge of a career transition. Quizzes and checklists help identify individual strengths and desires -- both personal and professional -- to help you invest in your personal growth and develop a realistic and flexible plan of action.This book is filled with uplifting, real-life stories from people who have found the confidence and self-management savvy to reach out and grab their dream -- from a biology professor turned jungle guide to a communications exec turned charter boatoperator."

Dr. Smye is a world-renowned thought leader, organizational behaviorist, and executive consultant in the fields of individual and organizational change. She is also a Founding Principal of Maddox Smye, LLC, an international consulting firm. She is the author of You Don't Change a Company by Memo and the coauthor of Corporate Abuse.