Own Your Future

If you hit me over the head long enough, the message will finally get through.

That, in fifteen words, sums up the long, roundabout trip I took in order to bring this book into being.

But it was well worth the journey. Let me explain.

A couple of years ago Len Schlesinger, Charlie Kiefer, and I wrote a book called Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future. We addressed what organizations and people should do when they don’t know what to do, and laid out a course of action to follow when you or your organization are faced with uncertainty.

Today, one of the most uncertain things imaginable is trying to predict whether you’re going to have a job in five years. So, that’s our focus this time around. Specifically, we set off ...