Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Epigraph Introduction LAW 1 - IT STARTS WITH A VISION FOR YOUR LIFE LAW 2 - YOUR BODY IS YOUR BEST GUIDE LAW 3 - PROGRESS BEGINS WHEN YOU STOP MAKING EXCUSES LAW 4 - WHAT YOU SEEK IS ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED LAW 5 - YOU’VE GOT THE TOOLS IN YOUR TOOLBOX LAW 6 - YOUR REINVENTION BOARD IS YOUR LIFELINE LAW 7 - ONLY A NATIVE CAN GIVE YOU THE INSIDE SCOOP LAW 8 - THEY WON’T “GET” YOU UNTIL YOU SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE LAW 9 - IT TAKES THE TIME THAT IT TAKES LAW 10 - THE WORLD BUYS INTO AN AURA OF SUCCESS EPILOGUE: WORKBOOK LAW 1: LAW 2: LAW 3: LAW 4: LAW 5: LAW 6: LAW 7: LAW 8: LAW 9: LAW 10: Acknowledgements WORKS CITED INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE REINVENTION INSTITUTE PUBLISHER’S NOTE DUTTON Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd); Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd); Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India; Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd); Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Published by Dutton, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. First printing, January Copyright © 2010 by Pamela Mitchell All rights reserved REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Mitchell, Pamela, 1964- The 10 laws of career reinvention : essential survival skills for any economy / by Pamela Mitchell. p. cm. eISBN : 978-1-10117117-2 1. Career changes. 2. Vocational guidance. I. Title. II. Title: Ten laws of career reinvention. HF5384.M.14— dc22 2009036177 Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party Web sites or their content. http://us.penguingroup.com THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY GRANDPARENTS, ROBERT AND JANE LOU REED: THANK YOU. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Lucius Annaeus Seneca