The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters

The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters

by Adam Smiley Poswolsky
The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters

The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters

by Adam Smiley Poswolsky

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Overview

An empowering and insightful self-help book for Gen Z young adults to find passion, purpose, and success in their careers

How do you actually find meaning in the workplace? How do you find work that makes your heart sing, creates impact, and pays your rent?
 
After realizing that his well-paying, prestigious job was actually making him miserable, Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky started asking these big questions. The Quarter-Life Breakthrough provides fresh, honest, counterintuitive, and inspiring career advice for anyone stuck in a quarter-life crisis (or third-life crisis), trying to figure out what to do with your life. Smiley shares the stories of many twenty- and thirty-somethings who are discovering how to work with purpose (and still pay the bills).

Brimming with practical exercises and advice, this book is essential reading for millennial career changers and anyone passionate about getting unstuck, pursuing work that matters, and changing the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143109525
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/04/2016
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky is a millennial career expert who has inspired thousands of young professionals and entrepreneurs to find fulfilling work. An internationally renowned motivational speaker, Smiley speaks at Fortune 500 companies, TEDx events, business conferences, leadership development programs, colleges, and graduate schools. His writing has been published in The Washington Post, Fast Company, and GOOD, among others. He can often be found dancing in San Francisco, California. Learn more at thequarterlifebreakthrough.com and smileyposwolsky.com.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: My Quarter-Life Breakthrough ix

Part 1 Invent Your Own Path 1

Chapter 1 Start Jumping Lily Pads 3

Chapter 2 No Mo' FOMO 17

Chapter 3 Embrace Fear 25

Part 2 Find Meaningful Work 35

Chapter 4 Define Meaningful Work 37

Chapter 5 Find Alignment 59

Chapter 6 The Infinite Paths to Meaningful Work 73

Chapter 7 How to Kick-Start Your Meaningful Job Search 93

Chapter 8 Is Graduate School Worth It? 116

Part 3 Build a Life That Matters 125

Chapter 9 What to Do When Someone Tells You You're Not Ready for Your Dreams 127

Chapter 10 Get Your Breakthrough Hustle On 132

Chapter 11 Persistence Trumps Passion: Lessons in Breakthrough Hustling 150

Chapter 12 Find Believers 160

Chapter 13 Leave a Legacy 179

Conclusion: The Journey Continues 187

Join the Breakthrough Community 189

Gratitude 191

Bonus Gift 193

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