Work Freely

Book excerpt: Are you choosing your career and the life you want to live, or are circumstances choosing for you? In this smart, savvy book, marketing maven Nancy Richardson and executive coach Rochelle Davidson embolden you to create a career--and a life--that you love. In short, powerful stories, Nancy describes problems she has encountered in the workplace and her discovery of solutions--from consciously defining a personal leadership style to choosing bosses to determining core values as a means of clarity and resilience--that confer more agency, strength, and inspiration. In personal coaching sessions, Rochelle's incisive commentary and questions reveal how these universal lessons can be applied to your life. Together, the authors illuminate the challenges--the good and the bad--faced by so many leaders of the 21st-century workforce, and a pathway for a new kind of professional. Work Freely shows you how to flip the script that says circumstances are beyond your control. By taking the time to lay out your goals, dreams, and aspirations, you can design a career to suit you--then choose the companies, bosses, friends, and other conditions that meet the criteria you've set, to live and work with ultimate freedom.