Volume 17 | subscribers | 1 different countries | 11 December 2009 Contents Part 1 - Welcome! Dear %$firstname$%, I can’t believe that 2009 is nearly at an end! That said it is always a pleasure to see projects come to fruition. Many congratulations go to my client Grace Owen, who is self-publishing her book entitled The Career Itch: Four Steps for Taking Control of What You Do Next
In it, she takes the reader through the following four steps: Identity: Knowing Who You Are Anyone who feels overworked, stuck in a rut, confused about where they are headed or is looking for that elusive work life balance is likely to be experiencing The Career Itch. Whilst the lucky few know what they want to do in life, most of us get there through trial and error. This book is not about finding the answer to your entire career right now (although you might), but is about discovering the next step. To find out more or to order a copy, please click here - it will be available from the end of this month. I’d like to thank you all for reading my newsletters and wish you an enjoyable festive season and a prosperous and peaceful 2010.
Leda Sammarco It's a book thing. Part 2 - Feature Article Gifts for Bibliophiles If you can’t decide what to buy for the bibliophile in your life (or if you fancy treating yourself), then I have three suggestions for you: A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. A month ago I heard Susan Hill interviewed by Mark Lawson, on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, all about her new book Howards End is on the Landing. Taking a look around her book-filled home, Susan Hill realised how many she had bought and never read (sounds familiar!), forgotten she had or wanted to re-read. She vowed not to buy any more for a year, whilst she worked her way through them. The result is this delightful memoir all about discovering new titles, remembering old favourites and the memories associated with them. I recently read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert all about her travels to find herself after an acrimonious divorce. If you have yet to read this bestseller, then I highly recommend it. What I particularly liked was her writing style and striking use of figures of speech. For example, she describes a feeling of oneness and bliss that she experiences during meditation. Then her thoughts intrude once more… With each repetition of those desperate thoughts, I could feel myself falling through layer after layer of illusion, like an action-comedy hero crashing through a dozen awnings during his fall from a building. Or early on in the book she describes herself as (…) the planet’s most affectionate life-form (something like a cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle). I leave you to discover the rest for yourself and to bring some sunshine to these dark winter days; the book is set in Rome, India and Bali. Finally, the following website, the Literary
Gift Company is an Aladdin’s cave of ‘bookish’
products including shower gel with an aroma of old paperbacks,
handbags made from books and funky T-Shirts. Enjoy! |
On Millennium Eve Grace Owen experienced an inner restlessness
about her career. She named it The Career Itch. It took her
on a journey of discovery that enabled her to take control of
what she did next and ultimately led to her becoming a career
coach. Grace has helped many of her clients to successfully
navigate the process and has now written this book to reach
more people. 
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