Acknowledgments

Every book, including Get a Life, Not a Job, has its own life story. This book was conceived from conversations with those willing to talk to me about their jobs, from those I love the most in the world, my siblings and best friends, to those stuck in airline clubs during long layovers, whose names I might have forgotten but whose stories have remained with me. I thank them for their honesty and openness.

Get a Life, Not a Job ultimately took shape last year when the downsizing bully started messing with people I love. It broke my heart to see the emotional toll that unfulfilling jobs and corporate layoffs were taking on highly talented and hardworking individuals. Believing they deserved more—a lot more—in return for their efforts, ...

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