Maggie Huffman - Oh Snap! My Career Is in Crisis

MY CAREER IS IN CRISIS

Great book and great writing style.

I found myself in the waiting room with Gladys Kravitz and the other patients at the Career Crisis Clinic. You will most likely identify with one of Maggies characters you meet in the doctors waiting room early on, or perhaps you suffer from some symptoms of one or more characters. Treating your career crisis like a Doctor treats a patient, allowed me to really connect with the process and the treatments (recommended actions). Maggie intersperses humor throughout and I honestly felt myself relaxing, it was going to be OK. As if all of that is not enough, her work is based on real clients and real situations. She not only wants her patients (take that as readers) to get out of the crisis but to thrive and be happy.

Ok so I thought, great another self-help book, so I dove in with an expectation of just having common sense restated, and I was quickly disappointed. Maggie writes like someone who has lived and survived in the corporate jungle and came out with wisdom and a flair for keeping me engaged through the whole journey. She does a masterful job of bouncing between corporate wisdom and career advice. It does not matter which of the career crisiss you are suffering from, her advice will help you find clarity and develop a strategy to put a plan in place. So do the exercises and learn whats holding you back and where you want to go, and most of all how to get there.

Dr. Michael R. Spano

Ive worked as a project manager for 20 years and Ive attempted to create project plans for my life and career path in the past, but they never really worked. Turns out I was missing a Strategy, my guiding star! Thank you, Maggie, not only for the idea but for the step-by-step guidance on how to go about it. Brilliant!

Suzanne Manker , Project Manager

Never Too Young

Although I am a young adult, and I am just starting my career, I found this book to be full of advice that currently applies to my life. It is easy to get caught up in the stress of trying to get ahead in ones career, constantly moving from one stage immediately to the next, that one forgets to pay attention to all the other important facets of life. This book made me realize that you are never too young to question the path you are on, and it is important to check in with yourself and make sure you are on a path to a well-balanced life! Her book helped me to properly plan out what I want from my career so that I did not make any rash decisions or suffer from analysis paralysis. I would highly recommend this book to other young adults who, even though they are just starting their career, want to make sure they are on a path to a career that will complement their lifestyle.

Madison E. , Graduate Student

When Maggie talks, people listen. Thats because when Maggie talks, she tells it straight up, and you know she knows what shes talking about! So in this, her third book, you will find a trustworthy guide for meeting your own career crisis with courage, curiosity, and clarity. With detailed, step-by-step guidance, lots of examples, and a comprehensive workbook, Oh Snap! delivers everything youll need to develop an actionable, living strategyeverything, that is, except the commitment I predict youll want to make to follow the books brilliant lead. Here, strategy becomes more than just a linear, tactically driven plan. Following the guidance in this book, youll create a dimensional, soul-inspired way to craft the work youre meant to be doing, in alignment with your core vision and values.

Kimberlie Chenoweth , Author, Mentor, and Founder of The Wholeness Project www.thewholenessproject.com

I just love the way Maggie Huffman writes! Even the credits and biography were a pleasure to read. The whole time I was reading this book I knew I was being coached, but it felt so comfortable. I knew the exercises would be work, but I was invited into them with such an amiable sense of humor that I was undaunted. I might actually approach my careerand my lifewith a real sense of purpose again. Thanks for reminding me!

Ruth E. Wells

I just finished reading Oh Snap! My Career is in Crisis , because I was curious about the title. Although Im not currently in a career crisis, I have definitely had crises in the past. What I found the most helpful in reading this book is that its not just a way to confront a crisis in your career but also helpful in navigating lifes changes. I found the authors method to be simple, elegant and effective. As a career counselor, Im going to give this to many of my clients as a practical tool.

Shirley Clauss , Career Counselor

I loved this book! In Oh Snap! she has again drawn from her own life experiences to provide tools to inspire us to rekindle the light that we were all born with to guide us toward our best selves. This not only is invaluable in making career choices, but in all aspects of our lives. She has done this with no judgements, no pressure, no preachy lecturing, but with loving encouragement, and the rousing enthusiasm of a cheerleader. Realizing that the journey from fear of the unknown and self deprecation to achieving empowerment requires curiosity, courage and lots of work, the author lays out a plan to help remove those stumbling blocks, sending us down the path weve blazed for ourselves to discover what floats my boat, makes me happy, makes a difference!

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Marcia Sheaves

Oh Snap! My Career is in Crisis is for everyone who wants career/life balance, and fulfillment from the life they live. From a professional home manager to a C.E.O. of a prestigious corporation this is a book that will transform your life, beginning with where you are now. As a scrapbooker, the process of crafting my career or life purpose really resonates with me. The R.I.C.E. perspective allowed me to relax about the process of examining my job history and the artful approach of the workbook made it fun and exciting to explore new career possibilities. I also found myself doing the guided visualization from on a run, proving that her work-outs are user friendly! I was inspired to create a new life/work strategy where I could volunteer in combination with a job to craft my next career. Truly Transformational!

Katherine E.

A crystal clear approach for achieving the most out of our life expectations. In her uniquely comfortable and humorous style, the author specifically targets a method of achieving maximum career satisfaction.

The engaging narrative offers an excellent map for designing a personal strategy tailored to suit each individual. Each chapter asks creative thought provoking questions, followed by a practical method of utilizing thoughts and desires into an achievable and practical personal plan. The workbook portion of the book is a vital instrument in developing the comprehensive big picture. Maggie has produced another winner, for sure!

Marie Ottoboni

I was pleasantly surprised to find Oh Snap! My Career is in Crisis ! went way beyond theory. It skillfully leads the reader through a process that expands and clarifies your understanding about what you want and need with regard to a career. I found the workbook and exercises, to be very effective tools, which helped me to develop a real clear career strategy and an effective process to get there! Whether you are a young person, searching for what you want to do with your life, or someone who needs to make a career change, I recommend this book.

Christine Matthies

Maggie does a great job drilling down into what are the key needle-movers to build a career - but not just any career; a career that creates the life that you want. She gives the solution to moving from crisis mode to fulfillment mode.

Mel H. Abraham , CPA, CVA, ABV, ASA, Author #1 Bestseller, The Entrepreneurs Solution