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"""Parker has done an outstanding job of demystifying how any lawyer can make the transition into a new career that offers more potential for success and more importantly, personal satisfaction."" - Don E. Hutcheson, Author, Don't Waste Your Talent: The 8 Critical Steps to Discovering What You Do Best The Unhappy Lawyer will help you uncover exciting alternative careers with a unique step-by-step program that will make you feel like you have your very own career coach. With chapters containing real letters from lawyers who are desperate to leave the practice of law, tales from lawyers who have shut the door on their legal careers, and powerful exercises, The Unhappy Lawyer provides a witty, no-nonsense roadmap for finding and pursuing engaging work outside of the law. The Unhappy Lawyer will show you, step-by-step, how to: Figure out what you really want from your work and life Discover several career possibilities that excite you Immerse yourself in career possibilities that allow you to use your natural talents And much, much more. The Unhappy Lawyer provides you with the escape route you are seeking. This book helps you ask and answer the hard questions about what you really want from your work and life and will help you successfully pursue your career goals."

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Author:   Monica Parker
Publisher:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:   Sphinx Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781572486706

ISBN 10:   1572486708
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 July 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

A Note from the Author Introduction: Seven Reasons to Leave the Practice of Law - and What You Will Find on the Other Side Chapter One: For Desperate Lawyers Who Don't Have a Clue What They Want to Do What Do You Want? What's Your Ideal Day, Other than Calling in Sick to Stay in Bed All Day? What Interests You Other than Earning an Income? What Talents Do You Have, Other than Researching, Doing Document Reviews, and Filing Briefs? What Career Possibilities Excite You, Other than Taking a Sabbatical? You Did It! Appreciate Uncertainty Case Study: Debbie Goldstein, Managing Director of Triad Consulting Group What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Two: Ditch Your Friends Who Are Lawyers Who Are You Spending Your Time With? Make Some New Friends Support Group The Buddy System Hire a Coach Case Study: Voltaire Sterling, Stage and Screen Actor, Producer, Philanthropist What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Three: How Can You Explore Possibilities, Other Than Daydreaming about Them? Exploring the Possibilities Career Exploration Tips Have a List of Ideas, But Stuck in Daydreaming Mode? Have a Career Possibility that Feels so Farfetched, You're Afraid to Dip Your Toe in the Water? Let Me Contradict Myself What Type Are You? Case Study: Cheryl Schneider, Pastry Chef and Owner of Penny Chocolates What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Four: What Do You Think? What Does Your Gut Say about the Career Possibilities? Stop Waiting for the Lightbulb Moment You're Doing More than Changing Jobs - You're Changing Your Working Identity What if it Turns Out You Really Want to Follow More than One Career Path? Case Study: Amy Gutman, Serial Careerist What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Five: Time to Let Your Left Brain Out of Its Cage: Planning How to Make Your Great Escape Simple, But Not Easy What's Stopping You? What Are You Doing about It? Yes, But How Do You Get the Job? The Roadmap What Do You Need to Do? Who Do You Need to Be? Case Study: Carolyn Pitt-Jones, Director of Business Development What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Six: On Being Magically Transformed Go with What You've Got Skip the Minutiae Wean Yourself Off Internet Surfing Ride the Wave Visualize What's in Your Way Clear Out the Deadwood Get Back on Balance Case Study: Vivian Wexler, Assistant Director for JD Advising What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Seven: When the Thought of Letting Go of that Six-Figure Salary Is too Daunting and How to Get Around Whatever Else Is Getting in the Way Just Enough How Much Debt Do You Have? Should You Pay off Your Law School Debt? How Are Those Savings Coming? Shouldn't You Be Saving for Retirement? The Nasty Six-Letter Word - Budget Stay With Me The What If? Game The Secret of Courage: Six Ways to Bring Out Your Inner Superhero Ready to Define Success for Yourself, Rather than Letting Everyone Else Tell You What It Is? What Will it Take for You to Give Yourself Permission? Case Study: Victoria Sanders, Literary Agent and Managing Owner of Victoria Sanders & Associates, LLC What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Eight: Dipping Your Toe in the Icy, Shark-Infested Waters Following the Roadmap My Own Wild Ride Be Flexible When the Roadmap Isn't Working Now Let Me Contradict Myself - Again Inquiry: What Can You Learn from Where You Are Right Now? Case Study: Jennifer Alvey, Writer, Editor, Trainer, Entrepreneur What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Nine: Leaping Off a Cliff - Onto a Tall Stack of Fluffy Pillows Money Angels Risk Aversion Proofing Sometimes Leaving the Law Doesn't Mean Totally Leaving the Law Realizing the Water is Warm What Else Do You Need to Cushion Your Leap? Case Study: Erica Hashimoto, Assistant Professor What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Chapter Ten: What Are You Waiting For?! A Few Words on Feeling Like You've Run Out of Steam Give Yourself Permission to Explore Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up The Point Give Yourself Permission to Change Your Mind Give Yourself Permission to Change Careers Give Yourself Permission to Do Work You Love Case Study: Chuck Adams, Executive Editor What You Should Have Learned in this Chapter Epilogue Endnotes Further Reading. About the Author

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Monica R. Parker is a career coach who helps lawyers find alternative careers that they enjoy doing. She earned her law degree from Harvard Law School and practiced law for five years before starting her own company. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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