Now What? (Paperback)

Now what? You tossed your cap, you gave your hugs, and you’re ready to sprint into the real world. Some may call it the “school of hard knocks.” Your professional success won’t be easily attained. However, you can do more than survive—you can thrive. You can lead a happy, balanced, and successful professional life. Social media, such as Twitter, have changed how we absorb information. Our busy lives are driven by headlines and we’re constantly searching for advice and meaning in an economy of words. Take a light-hearted, lyrical journey to find out how to get beyond mere potential and actually find success.

Thomas B. Dowd III is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a Communication degree. Dowd is a prize-winning speaker, award-winning author, and trainer--all spurred by his need to be more than a painfully shy and introverted individual on a rollercoaster ride of success. Dowd is also a National Speaker Association (NSA) member, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), and radio host of "Transformation Time". Dowd utilized his extensive financial and customer service industry background in management and leadership to start his own business in 2010, "Thomas Dowd Professional Development & Coaching, LLC," where he uses lessons learned on his climb up the corporate ladder to help people "Transform into who you really want to be professionally." His books include "Displacement Day: When My Job was Looking for a Job...A Reference Guide to Finding Work", "The Transformation of a Doubting Thomas: Growing from a Cynic to a Professional in the Corporate World", "From Fear to Success: A Practical Public-speaking Guide", "The Unofficial Guide to Fatherhood", and "Now What? The Ultimate Graduation Gift for Professional Success". Dowd is available to discuss a variety of professional development topics, including résumé writing, networking, leadership, goal setting, communication, time management, and public speaking with the media or any organization. See "Media Room" on transformationtom.com for more details.