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Narrated by Mike Lewis, Various
Mike LewisUnabridged — 10 hours, 28 minutes
Narrated by Mike Lewis, Various
Mike LewisUnabridged — 10 hours, 28 minutes
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This program is read by the author and an exciting cast of readers including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Also included are the winning fan submissions from the Macmillan Audio When to Jump contest.
An inspirational audiobook that lays out the “Jump Curve” - four steps to wholeheartedly pursuing the career of your dreams - through experiences from a variety of people who have jumped and never looked back
When Mike Lewis was twenty-four and working in a prestigious corporate job, he eagerly wanted to leave and pursue his dream of becoming a professional squash player. But he had questions: When is the right time to move from work that is comfortable to a career you have only dared to dream of? How have other people made such a jump? What did they feel when making that jump - and afterward?
Mike sought guidance from others who had “jumped,” and the responses he got - from a banker who started a brewery, a publicist who became a Bishop, a garbage collector who became a furniture designer, and on and on - were so clear-eyed and inspiring that Mike wanted to share what he had learned with others who might be helped by those stories. First, though, he started playing squash professionally.
The right audiobook at the right time, When to Jump offers more than forty heartening stories (from the founder of Bonobos, the author of The Big Short, the designer of the Lyft logo, the Humans of New York creator, and many more) and takeaways that will inspire, instruct, and reassure, including the ingenious four-phase Jump Curve.
This program is read by Mike Lewis, Sheryl Sandberg, Jeff Arch, Betsy Lewis, Nate Chambers, Laura McKowen, Tommy Clark, Elle Luna, Lawrence Campbell, Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, Merle R. Saferstein, Kelly O'Hara, Amy VanHaren, Alex Stern, Zorina Exie J. Frey, Adrian Cardenas, Alexander Armstrong, Akasha Agrawal, Maia Josebachvili, Eric Wu, Emily Broas, Alexandra Stein, Rahul Razdan, Frank Britt, Luis M. Rodriguez-Villa, Ethan Eyler, Abigail Ogilvy Ryan, Olankunle Oladehin, Brian Kelly, Khe Hy, Harriet Davies, Dr. Michael Lewis, Greg Klassen, Dan Kenary, Kyle Battle, James Bourque, Elizabeth Hague, Adam Fried, Drew Joseph, Tyler Cramer, Danni Pomplun, Melissa Mielke, Alex Korchinkski, Anoopreet Rehncy, Brenda Berkman, and William Hochman.
What makes this book fun are the collections of stories from fellow jumpers: P.R. executive to bishop in the Episcopal Church, video-game marketer to inventor of the Lyft Carstache, and so forth. The jumps don't have to be unusual to be moving.
11/20/2017
In his debut, Lewis, a financial analyst turned pro squash player, gathers together 44 first-person case studies from career changers to help readers make their own career jumps. The stories range from small changes, such as an internal move within a company, to dramatic ones, such as the case of a pro football player who becomes an HBO writer. The examples are a mix of people famous (e.g., Michael Lewis, bond salesman turned bestselling author) and not (Barbara Harris, PR person turned bishop). Lewis shares stories of his own “jump” as a preface to each of the book’s four sections: “Listen to the Little Voice,” “Make a Plan,” “Let Yourself Be Lucky,” and “Don’t Look Back.” By “Let Yourself Be Lucky,” when Lewis decides to quit his company and head to New Zealand to pursue his dream of playing squash professionally, the reader can’t help but cheer him on. Lewis is overeager in a Boy Scout way, but likable and helpful, offering collections of tips extracted from the jumpers’ stories at the end of each section. As he states in the introduction, he wants his book to be a “steady hand of support” rather than a mere manual. Most importantly, Lewis and his jumpers offer enough wisdom that readers will return to these stories even after making their own jump. (Jan.)
Whether you’re burned out, in a rut, or just feel that you want something else, Mike Lewis’s When to Jump is the book for you. With more than forty stories of people who decided to make a major change, this book offers the inspiration as well as a practical and simple framework to help you make your own jump. A must read for anyone seeking to not only succeed but thrive.”
—Arianna Huffington, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution
"I got a little choked up. . . . Take that, Bozo Guidance Counselor."
—Judith Newman, The New York Times Book Review
“The perfect guidebook for those who are only tentatively dipping their toe into the entrepreneurial world. . . . An inspiring and useful read which will hopefully convince you to take the plunge!”
—The Independent (UK)
“The most successful start-ups are often defined by one or two key decisions that massively accelerate their growth and value. The same is true for individual careers. This wise and engaging book will inspire you to go farther, faster, by showing you how to take intelligent risks at exactly the right moment. Read it before you leap!”
—Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn and coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Alliance and The Start-up of You
"[When to Jump] offers enough wisdom that readers will return to these stories even after making their own jump."
—Publishers Weekly
"An easy reading book of supportive encouragement to follow one's dreams."
—Kirkus Reviews
“With When to Jump, Mike Lewis has written a captivating must-read for anyone aching to pursue a long-held dream. At once inspiring and practical, this book is packed with instructional stories from those who've done it. Yes, it's terrifying to make a big leap, but this book is an outstretched hand. Go for it! (But not before reading When to Jump!)”
—Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult and Real American
Author Mike Lewis provides not so much a manual for radical career change as an array of examples and lessons from those who have made the jump to more fulfilling work. After an introduction by Sheryl Sandberg, known to LEAN IN readers for her move from Google to Facebook, Lewis and the others recount their own stories. This approach does two things: It adds a layer of authenticity to the idea that anyone can make such a change, and it creates an uneven listening experience, as we are not all the best narrators of our own stories. Still, the tactic of providing wide-ranging examples involving varying socioeconomic circumstances and careers is both instructive and inspiring. K.W. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
2017-10-17
More than 40 career-changers tell their stories.Introduced by Facebook executive and founder of Leanin.org Sheryl Sandberg, Lewis' second cousin, the book offers exuberant advice for people who want to make a leap—daring or modest—from one career path to another, just as he did. At the age of 24, working for the investment firm Bain Capital, the author felt restless and dissatisfied. "I began to realize," he writes, "that I wanted this life mostly because I thought I should," but he heard "a very distinct if faint voice" urging him to try something "very different." As he considered following his passion to become a professional squash player, Lewis sought advice from others who made similar jumps: a banker-turned-cyclist, for example, and a journalist-turned-politician. From them, and the others whose stories fill the book, he came up with the idea of the Jump Curve, a process of four key phases: listening to your inner voice, making a practical plan, believing in your own good luck, and rejecting regret. "You will come out stronger," Lewis insists, even if your initial plan fails. "I keep coming back to the idea of agency," said a man who made a move from corporate hospitality service to restaurant ownership: "the difference between life happening to you versus you making life happen." Among the individuals profiled are a nurse who, at the age of 50, became a doctor; a football player-turned-writer; an investment professional who became coxswain of the U.S. Paralympic Rowing Team; a PR executive who found her calling as an Episcopal bishop; and a lawyer who sued the New York fire department to admit women firefighters—and then became the first woman hired. "Harassment, discrimination, death threats," and physical abuse dogged her 25-year career. But, she says, "this was a jump worth fighting for," a sentiment that Lewis underscores. Changing careers is risky, but "there is a risk to not taking a jump at all."An easy reading book of supportive encouragement to follow one's dreams.
| BN ID: | 2940169168730 |
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| Publisher: | Macmillan Audio |
| Publication date: | 01/09/2018 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
