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The Squiggly Career
Sep 22, 2024 10:22 PM

Author:Helen Tupper,Sarah Ellis

The Squiggly Career

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER

'The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now' Stylist

'A brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future' Marie Forleo, author ofEverything is Figureoutable

'Logical, practical and based on tried and tested models' Financial Times's Book of the Month

Career ladders and jobs for life are a thing of the past

Today, we're living in a world of squiggly careers, where moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations, and even careers, is becoming the new normal. Squiggly careers can feel stressful and overwhelming, but if you know how to make the most of them, they can be full of opportunity, freedom and purpose.

And to make the most of our increasingly squiggly careers we need to answer some important questions: What am I good at? What do I stand for? What motivates and drives me? Where do I want to go in the future?

In The Squiggly Career, you'll learn how to:

- Play to your super strengths

- Discover your values

- Overcome your confidence gremlins

- Build better support networks

- Explore your future possibilities

Packed with insights about the changing shape of work and inspiration from highly successful people, this book will fuel your growth and help you be happier, and ultimately more successful in your career.

Reviews

Many of us never take a moment to think about how we can sculpt our careers to match our interests. I was swept away with how effortlessly The Squiggly Career turns some of the most daunting conundrums into simple and rewarding reflections. Like going one-to-one with a personal career coach, it's impossible to leave this book without having a massive personal breakthrough

—— Bruce Daisley, Vice President, EMEA Twitter author of The Joy of Work

The greatest goal for any 21st century professional is to have a squiggly career. The days of linear progression belong to history. The joys of trying new things, working it out and making it up are all of our working futures. Work is dead, long live the squiggly career!

—— Sam Conniff Allende, author of Be More Pirate

An indispensable guide to creating your own working life

—— Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room

The Squiggly Career is no ordinary business book. Practical, pithy and personal it will revolutionize the way you think about work

—— Crystal Eisinger, Head of Strategy, Google Ads Marketing

A practical and excellent guide for anyone who wants to take charge of their career, play to their strengths and design a career on their own terms. Squiggly careers are the new normal indeed, I'll be reaching for this book time and time again and so wish it existed when I started out!

—— Elizabeth Uviebinene, author of Slay In Your Lane

A fantastic book on how to maximise your chances of a happy and rewarding work life. It all starts with knowing yourself and your values - with simple exercises that make you think deeply about who you are and what you want to spend all that time at work actually doing. Jump in and squiggle

—— Matt Brittin, President, EMEA Business & Operations, Google

All the best careers are squiggly. That sounds fun - and it can be fun - but it also takes a lot of know-how and thinking, which is what this book provides. I wish I'd had it when I squiggled my way through multiple careers

—— Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur, CEO and bestselling author of Wilful Blindness

The Squiggly Career is a brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future

—— Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Everything is Figureoutable

As we all juggle side-steps, hustles and pivots, The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you. Discovering how to make the most of your own strengths and identify what you want out of your career, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now.

—— Stylist

Logical, practical and based on tried and tested methods

—— Financial Times, Business Book of the Month

I LOVED this book and bought it for countless people - it is the gift that keeps on giving. It feels like a practical, powerful one-on-one coaching session mixed with a pep talk from an understanding friend. This book will encourage you to be proud and excited to keep on living out your own unique squiggly career. It might just be the permission slip you didn't know you needed

—— Emma Gannon, bestselling author of The Multi-Hyphen Method

This book is full of Megan's tasty food that will take care of your body and mind

—— The Happy Pears

You present all this information in a really accessible way, which is why everyone loves you so much

—— Giovanna Fletcher, Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast

I'm a huge admirer of Orsola and her work. I love this book's mindful approach to looking after our clothes, giving us the tools to love them for longer and show respect to the people who made them

—— Venetia La Manna 'Slow fashion campaigner, broadcaster and co-founder of Remember Who Made Them'

Hands down Academic Couture. Loved Clothes Last is a beautifully constructed and eloquently written masterpiece. Orsola weaves the importance of the cultural influence of the fashion industry, how it's destroyed us and how it can save us with the economic and environmental impact on people and planet, the beauty of buttons and how to darn a sock, she successfully interlaces "why we wear" with "why we should care

—— Patrick Duffy

Orsola represents both radical grace and graceful radicalness. This book is a super inspiring how to guide for all of us that want to emulate her

—— Alice Jay, activist and conservationist
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