Jennifer Turliuk - How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (Next)

HOW TO
Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next)

HOW TO
Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next)

JENNIFER
TURLIUK

Copyright Jennifer Turliuk, 2021

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Cover and interior designer: Laura Boyle

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: How to figure out what to do with your life (next) / Jennifer Turliuk.

Other titles: Figure out what to do with your life

Names: Turliuk, Jennifer, author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200343254 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200343270 | ISBN 9781459747494 (softcover) | ISBN 9781459747500 (PDF) | ISBN 9781459747517 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Vocational guidance. | LCSH: Vocational interests. | LCSH: Career changes.

Classification: LCC HF5381 .T87 2021 | DDC 331.702dc23

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How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next) is a comprehensive look at making the big career decisions in your life.

Eric Boyd, co-founder of StumbleUpon, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor

How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next) is an actionable, step-by-step framework for moving your life and career forward. Jennifer Turliuks book shines with wisdom from her years of experience and knowledge from the many experts in her network. This is a must-read for anyone looking to level up their career or make a change in their life.

Ben Parr, author of Captivology: The Science of Capturing Peoples Attention and co-founder of Octane AI

How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next) takes the idea of prototyping and applies it to designing a career that feeds your soul and your bank account. Recommended reading for anyone trying to figure out what to do next in their career.

April Dunford, CEO, Ambient Strategy, and author of Obviously Awesome

Are you feeling lost in your career and life? How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next) is an insightful guide that helps set you on the right path in life. The path to success.

Sean Cooper, bestselling author of Burn Your Mortgage and mortgage broker

School does not help you figure out what to do with your life. But lucky for you, How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next) does. Read this book, implement its strategies, and share your gifts with the world; you are needed now more than ever.

Sean Aiken, author of The One-Week Job Project: 1 Man, 1 Year, 52 Jobs

Too many people are waiting for someone else to figure out what they should do with their life. Take Jenns advice of prototyping and actually figure out for yourself what you truly are meant to be doing and in the process how you are meant to help serve the world.

Yanik Silver, author of Evolved Enterprise and creator of the Cosmic Journal

Jennifer provides us with the often-missed bridge from inspiration to action. She shows us how to do what we know we want to do. This book tells you everything you wish you knew at the start, not the end, of your journey through the working world.

Kunal Gupta, CEO, Polar, and tech entrepreneur

How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life (next) is an insightful new guide that simplifies and demystifies career planning. Read this book! It will help you make smart decisions to successfully pursue a career you will love.

Mike Brcic, founder/chief explorer of Wayfinders

Jennifer gives clear strategies to help people find and do what they love, while at the same time helping them build financial well-being for a whole lifetime, not just retirement.

Kira Leskew, founder and CEO, the Eagle Institute

In this decade of uncertainty, this book is relevant and practical. Many people are asking themselves: What am I meant to do? How do I make the transition? Jennifer has been exploring these questions for many years and shares her insights.

Cherry Rose Tan, founder and CEO, #REALTALK

Not everyone knows what they want to be when they grow up not even most grown-ups! In this super smart and accessible book, Jennifer Turliuk breaks down how she figured out what she wants to do with her life and how you can pinpoint your purpose, too.

Sofi Papamarko, writer and entrepreneur

To my family

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earths beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.

B ESSIE A NDERSON S TANLEY

If youre stuck in a job you hate, youre unfortunately not alone. In fact, astonishingly, more than 80 percent of Americans and 75 percent of Canadians are dissatisfied with their jobs.

I was unhappy with the career path I entered just after graduation from university. I woke up late, went to sleep when I got home at 6:00 p.m., and developed all sorts of aches and pains I had never felt before. It took me a while, but I finally gathered the courage to quit. Like many people, Id put more thought and effort into getting the job than into figuring out if it was something I actually wanted. Theres plenty of research and advice out there on how to write the perfect rsum and ace that interview. But when it comes to figuring out what you want to do with your life, the strategies arent so clear.