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Body of Work: Finding the Thread that Ties Your Career Together by Pamela Slim

michelleloretta's review against another edition

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3.0

The first few chapters of this book are helpful and then it unravels. Her exercises are a great beginning but there isn’t a strong enough thread to hold it all together.

anitaashland's review against another edition

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4.0

If you have an eclectic work history...a lot of skills that don't always seem to fit together...or simply want to get down to it and figure out your story already... then you'll benefit from the insights, stories and exercises in this book.

You'll also learn about cool things like multipotentialities and connectional intelligence.

There's a section with practical ideas for what to do whenever you feel stuck. She also offers refreshing new definitions of the word success.

It's a quick read and worth the time.

meganpbell's review against another edition

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3.0

I was excited about the idea of this book but found myself consistently underwhelmed while reading it. There’s definitely some good advice in it, but there’s also a lot of common sense and self-help that didn’t feel on-point to me. It’s worthwhile to think about how you might weave a coherent story about yourself from your work, for your own satisfaction and to increase stability in an unstable economy, but I don’t know that I made significant progress from reading this.

dentographer's review against another edition

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4.0

لو إنت من جيل البعثات أو حوله، أنصحك و بشدة إنك تقرأ هذا الكتاب.

تناقش الكاتبة فيه كيف سوق العمل لهذا العصر أختلف عن الماضي و كثر التغييرات و التحولات بما فيها التطور الألكتروني الجارف بيغير سوق العمل بشكل شبه يومي، مما يجعل التفكير بشكل Linear في الحياة المهنية غير ملائم لعصرنا.

الكاتبة تنصح أن الشخص ينظر لحياته المهنية بنظرة شمولية أكثر و عميقة، ليدمج ما بين شهاداته و خبراته الحياتية ليكون لنفسه برسونا مهنية مميزة تجعله مختلف و ذَا قيمة سوقية أعلى في سوق يكتظ بكل التخصصات من كل العالم.

بمعنى آخر، حاول تنوع من خبراتك مهما كانت شهاداتك، لأنه نحن في عصر ينظر لتنوع الخبرات على أنها القيمة المُضافة، وهي اللي تجعل الشركات تختارك بدل غيرك.

أيضاً تنصح أن تنوع مصادر دخلك وإن كان بشكل بسيط، بمعنى لو أنت كنت مهندس، و لديك شغف في الكتابة أو التصوير، اهتم فيهم، فقد تجد نفسك بعد أعوام من الممارسة المهنية للهندسة في مركب مختلف تماماً تقل فيه قيمة خبرتك الهندسية و تزيد قيمتك ككاتب.

أخيراً، تساعدك الكاتبة في كيفية تقديم نفسك و "جسد أعمالك" بشكل يجعل صورتك مصقولة أكثر و جذابة لأصحاب الشركات و حتى من يبحث عن خبرات استشارية و غيره.

الكتاب جاني في وقت مناسب بشكل عجيب و حقيقة غير نظرتي لأمور كثير، أنصح بقرائته لأي شخص تجاوز سذاجة الظن أن الوظيفة هي أمان للمستقبل.

lex_libris's review against another edition

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5.0

This is hands down one of the best career/life related books I have read. Slim's voice is clear and concise and her tools relate to every stage in your work life. Highly recommend for people thinking of changing careers or starting down a new path.

htovey's review against another edition

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4.0

I gained so many ideas for increasing my satisfaction with both my personal and work life from this book. Though it felt a bit scattered at times, I'm really looking forward to taking another, slower look at the book and completing all of the exercises for several different parts of my life.

elysenicole's review

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

mutdmour's review against another edition

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4.0

Recommended by Jason Zook, I read this and found it quite enlightening. Halfway though, it almost lost its work focus and shifted into a more self-help type of book. It even starts out like I am reading out of Tony Robbins' book. She makes the case that a body of work is what one should aim to create and makes the case for different types of work whether freelancing or entrepreneurial. She talks about the importance of creating things, or the power of storytelling, or the idea of side hustle. I liked many of the ideas she presented and it's refreshing to read a book that is quoting successful yet average people and not just all the big business success stories, like Richard Branson or Steve Jobs.

claudiaswisher's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was not written for me, a retired professional, looking for the 'threads', the themes of my career at the end. It's for younger readers, younger professionals, to create the themes and threads, being clear about your purpose and passion.

That said, I still learned. I read the advice for bloggers with interest, and hope my own blog follows her guidelines.

Right at the end I found what I needed --how to create your own high-level story. Answer: 1. What are the themes that run thru your work? 2. What are your roots? 3. What are the ingredients of your story? 4. How do you sprinkle in your credibility.

I'm hoping these questions will help me focus.

x_nielleified's review against another edition

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5.0

was sooo excited while reading through the first chapter or so and the excitement never died down! very helpful stuff in trying to reframe your career around your values instead of pigeonholing yourself into an occupation and taking whatever associations are attached to it. the idea of avatars/ecosystems/watering holes is so similar to personas. the author takes you through a multitude of thoughtful questions that can spark inspiration for the storytelling of your life and career.