Carve Your Own Road

Jennifer and Joe Remling left corporate careers to build their own path, and that personal experience gives this book an authentic grounding that generic career guides often lack. Their 'Mindset of Clarity Process' moves through seven stages — from achieving clarity and setting big goals through reflection, evolution, and letting go — and each stage is illustrated with real stories of people who reinvented their work lives. The practical framework gives the book structure beyond inspiration alone. The honest caveat is that the 2009 publication date shows in some of the workplace and economic context, and the career reinvention genre has grown crowded since then. Readers who have already worked through several self-help books may find familiar territory here. For someone earlier in the process of questioning whether their career fits their life, though, this is an honest and encouraging guide.