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REBOOT YOUR LIFE

Reboot Your Life is a wonderful guide for reconnecting with the dreams we gave up to become adults.

RON ANDREWS,
Vice President, U.S. Businesses,
Head of Human Resources, Prudential

While taking a sabbatical may sound deceptively simple, making time for oneself can be a difficult task in todays busy society. Some companies, including ours, have found however, that people thrive as both individuals and as employees when they are given a sabbatical opportunity and can set aside real time to reflect, refresh, and re-energize. Reboot Your Life provides valuable advice, wisdom, and tips to help readers both make their sabbatical dreams become a reality and reap as much value and benefit from their sabbatical time as possible.

TAMI GRAHAM,
Director of Global Benefits Design, Intel Corporation

Its a tough lesson to learn: Time is more valuable than moneybecause all the money in the world can't buy you time. And thats the lesson to be learned in these pageshow to appreciate and make the most of that uncertain and precious commodity, the time you are given to live a fulfilled life.

TERRY SAVAGE,
Nationally syndicated Chicago Sun-Times
financial columnist and author of The New Savage Number:
How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?

In a world that has gone from 9-5 to 24/7 in a generation, our ability to lead a professionally productive yet reflective life is increasingly challenged. A time of professional disengagement offered by a sabbatical is invaluable. The chance to cultivate personal interests and family and friends free of the demands of the office and Blackberry leads to a richer life and thereby a refreshed perspective when returning to work. These four writers understand this and offer wise counsel. Take their advice and take a sabbatical.

PETER H. DARROW,
Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton

During my 25 years at IMG, I witnessed professional athletes returning to competition after a needed break with re-honed skills and a fresh outlook. When i left IMG in 2006, i wanted to do the same but there were no roadmaps. Reboot Your Life walks you through how to plan your sabbatical, what to expect and how to reenter the work place. its a fun, practical guide to exploring this life-changing experience.

STEPHANIE TOLLESON,
Former Senior Corporate VP, IMG and
(current) Chair of the Board, Womens Sports Foundation

Talk about discovery! Reboot Your Life gives the inspiration, insight, and practical tips to take a work break for a breather or a real life change.

WONYA LUCAS,
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
Discovery Communications

This gem of a book is from four authors who are role models of lives well lived. They provide a motivational, yet practical, blueprint for that re-boot that any busy person can use and apply. A must read!

PHYLLIS J. CAMPBELL,
Chairman, Pacific Northwest, JP Morgan Chase

Taking a sabbatical to grow, expand and explore is so essential to your ability to create and innovate. But most of us don't think its possible until we retire. Reboot Your Life gives you a road map as well as tips and stories from those who have done it. I highly recommend it for anyone thinking about making themselves, as well as their organizations, more open to innovative and creative thinking.

CLAUDIA B KOTCHKA,
Former Vice President, Design, Strategy and Innovation
Procter & Gamble

I don't care how good you are at your work. All of us need time off to refresh and recharge. Until recently I had never taken more than one contiguous week off from work. I wish I had taken a Reboot Break earlier in my career. Reboot Your Life gives you the courage and the tools to do so.

GREG JOSEFOWICZ,
Former CEO, Borders, Inc.

We all need time off from our careers to prepare for the next phase of our lives. Whether it is to regroup when we are burned out, take care of our families when they need us most, or to explore new passions and opportunities, taking a sabbatical allows us the journey. Reboot Your Life is the roadmap!

SUSAN C. KEATING,
President & CEO, National Foundation for
Credit Counseling & former President & CEO
of Allfirst Financial

Peter Drucker, the father of management, often encouraged readers to take the time to examine their accomplishments and objectives. In his seminal Harvard Business Review article, Managing Oneself, he wrote, To stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, one must know how and when to change the work one does. Reboot Your Life makes for a friendly, thought-provoking companion along the way.

ELIZABETH HAAS EDERSHEIM,
Author of The Definitive Drucker and Founder
and Director, New York Consulting Partners

The shocks of the last decade are reminders that there is more to life than livelihoods. In this new world, the more diverse our experiences and knowledge, the more connections our brains and hearts can make. Reboot Your Life is a practical, relevant, inspiring easy-to-read guide on the journey for growth, rest, and renewal. The Sabbatical Sisters retreats are also an enjoyable and actionable way to give yourself the gift of time.

SUSAN SCHIFFER STAUTBERG,
President of PartnerCom and Co-Founder
of Women Corporate Directors (WCD)

Taking a sabbatical was one of the best things I ever did for my life! Reboot Your Life covers every aspect of that adventurethe fears, the money, the big dreams, other people and everything else in between. Get the book.

ARIANE DE BONVOISIN,
Author of The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier

ENERGIZE YOUR CAREER AND LIFE BY TAKING A BREAK

| THE SABBATICAL SISTERS |

Catherine Allen
Nancy Bearg
Rita Foley
Jaye Smith

Copyright 2011 by Catherine Allen, Nancy Bearg, Rita Foley, Jaye Smith

Reboot Your Life, Sabbatical Sisters, and Reboot Break, are used throughout this book, as US trademarks owned by Reboot Partners LLC and are used with Reboot Partners' permission.

FIRST EDITION

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Reboot your life : energize your career and life by taking a break / The Sabbatical Sisters, Catherine Allen... [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes index. ISBN 978-0-8253-0564-1 (alk. paper)
1. Leave of absence. 2. Sabbatical leave. 3. Quality of work life. I. Allen,
Catherine A.
HD5255.R43 2011
650.1dc22

2010050686

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CHAPTER 1
Giving Yourself the Gift of Time

CHAPTER 2
Types of Sabbaticals: The Why and What

CHAPTER 3
Its All in the Planning

CHAPTER 4
Funding Your Freedom

CHAPTER 5
Phases and Navigating the First Thirty Days

CHAPTER 6
The Heart of the Reboot Break: Reconnection and Exploration