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Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy

Paul Brown | Charles Kiefer | Leonard Schlesinger
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This insightful and helpful resource gives you the tools, tips, and techniques you need to succeed--no matter what comes your way. Not everyone has... Read More

This insightful and helpful resource gives you the tools, tips, and techniques you need to succeed--no matter what comes your way.

Not everyone has the means and resources to become a successful entrepreneur. So does that mean everyone else must hinge their success on the hopes that they survive the next set of layoffs and that their chosen field doesn’t become the next dying industry? Not at all! The successful methods that the leading entrepreneurs used to find their niche in today’s marketplace can be applied by all in their pursuit of a long-lasting, rewarding career.

Own Your Future shows you how to take the same small steps forward they use to reinvent the way you maneuver in an unpredictable job market. You will discover how to:

  • Act--Thinking alone will never change your life; you must take that first step.
  • Learn--What lessons did you learn from that first step?
  • Build--Take what you learned and apply it to improve upon that first step.
  • Repeat--Continue this process until you have achieved your goal!

Too often, people picture their perfect career and then think through all the steps backward to plan out their path to career success. There is very little assurance that your chosen job--perhaps even the industry itself--will even be there by the time you maneuver through the long path of continuing education and promotions.

Don’t rest your success on the mercy of an ever-changing marketplace. Filled with stories of professionals of all kinds who have profited from this proactive approach, Own Your Future will teach you how to take control.

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  • Contributor(s)Paul Brown , Charles Kiefer , Leonard Schlesinger
  • About the Contributor(s) PAUL B. BROWN is a long-time contributor to the New York Times and a former writer and editor for BusinessWeek,...

    PAUL B. BROWN is a long-time contributor to the New York Times and a former writer and editor for BusinessWeek, Forbes, and Inc. CHARLES F. KIEFER is President of Innovation Associates, the firm that pioneered the concept of organizational learning. LEONARD A. SCHLESINGER returned to Harvard Business School as a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration after serving as president of Babson College. Together, they are the authors of Just Start as well as popular blogs for Harvard Business Review and Forbes.

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  • ISBN-139780814434109
  • Publish Date06/12/2014
  • PublisherAMACOM
  • Format eBook
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages224
  • Price $7.99

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