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Grow Wherever You Work: Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges
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Grow Wherever You Work: Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges

by Joanna Barsh
October 2017
Beginner
272 pages
6h 6m
English
McGraw-Hill
Content preview from Grow Wherever You Work: Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges

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When Work Holds No Passion

Some people—your mothers or fathers, teachers, maybe your best friend—advised you to get on the right track and stay on it. So you worked hard in high school to get into the best college. You pursued the best degree to get the best job. Then you worked hard to advance. When you reached a milestone, you set a new goal. And that’s a fine path—just not for everybody.

Alex set out on her own path. She followed her intellectual curiosity and majored in religion, including studies in Trinidad with a bona fide shaman. Unable to find a job after graduation, Alex turned to tutoring. As luck would have it, Alex impressed the child’s parents so much that the father decided to give her a chance. He helped her land a brokerage ...

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ISBN: 9781260026474