No Fears, No Excuses
What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career
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February 29, 2016
Smith, a consultant and adjunct professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, believes that everyone can feel a sense of passion about work. He uses the book as a platform to address the many questions that have arisen from his much-watched TEDx video, “Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career.” His advice, distilled from around 30,000 career statements collected through the years, centers on discovering one’s passion. This can be difficult, but Smith offers up a series of steps to help, such as recognizing the distinction between passions and interests and initiating the “great sampling”—a process that includes reading widely, talking with people with varied interests, and thinking rigorously. Smith also shows how to draw up a career plan, prepare for the job market, and “sell yourself by selling your ideas.” He concludes with a transformative section on confronting the titular fears and excuses that is challenging and highly valuable. Smith convincingly shows how individuals of any age and in any industry can chart a course to a great career by drawing on prior success stories. Agent: Carly Watters, P.S. Literary Agency.
February 15, 2016
Piggybacking off the success of his popular and provocatively titled 2014 TEDx Talk "Why You Will Fail To Have a Great Career," Smith (economics, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada) claims that career satisfaction requires identifying and pursuing one's "passion." Expressing sentiments reminiscent of those espoused by Marsha Sinetar's Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow, Smith also stresses the value of exhaustive career research paired with careful planning, preparation, skill attainment, and networking. Relying heavily upon anecdotal evidence derived from his "20,000 conversations" with college students, alumni, and TEDx Talk follow-up correspondents, Smith devotes considerable attention to the psychological and practical obstacles to the pursuit of career happiness. VERDICT This compelling book offers a highly readable blueprint for career success. Readers willing to invest the time and effort required to finding their true direction and achieving their goals will appreciate.--Alan Farber, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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