- Reading a book that deals with the subject of reinvention can help make transforming your life a little easier.
- Change can be a positive thing, and it is helpful to learn from others who have followed a similar path.
- For example, Tim Ferriss' bestselling book 'The 4-Hour WorkWeek' offers sage advice to those reevaluating their professional priorities.
Whether you're switching your major in college or changing your career path altogether, change can be daunting. But if you want to be happier, you've got to take the chance and make the jump. Just remember: You're not alone.
From Adam Markel's Pivot, which will help anyone in transition create a new roadmap for success, to Jon Acuff's Do Over, a helpful guide in dissecting relationships, skills, character and work and preparing them for change, there's no shortage of helpful books that will make your reinvention smoother.
What are you waiting for? Spring into action with these 11 books about reinvention.
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1. 'Pivot,' by Adam Markel
Whether you're unemployed, in transition or looking to completely change the direction of your career, inspirational speaker and author Adam Markel will help you do just that through his book, 'Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life.' In the book, Markel asks readers: "What would you do in your life if you knew you could not fail?" Then, Markel helps lay out a roadmap to help you achieve your dreams without putting your finances or future at risk.
2. 'Do Over,' by Jon Acuff
In Jon Acuff's 'Do Over: Make Today the First Day of Your New Career,' Acuff seeks to help his readers develop four important areas of their lives: relationships, skills, character and hustle. The book helps people amplify these areas of their lives in order to prepare for major transitions, become unstuck, reinvent themselves in the workplace or get the job they've always wanted. According to Acuff, you should look forward to going to work on Mondays. If you don't, this book can help you fix that.
3. 'The 4-Hour Workweek,' by Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss' bestselling book 'The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich' is a blueprint for success and reinvention. In it, Ferriss shares how to ditch your current 9-to-5 job in order to make an incredible living, working less. He shares his own story of going from a 40-hour-a-week $40,000 annual salaried job to making $40,000 a month working four hours a week. He shares his tips and tricks for reinventing your work life and living a life of luxury with the nouveau riche.
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