Description: Here is a book for people who are unhappy and feel stuck in their job or their profession. The author's view is that people facing this dilemma may have been inadvertently -- or in some cases intentionally -- pushed into their profession through family pressure. These people are, in effect, trying to live "someone else's dream". Mary Jacobsen helps those in this predicament by laying out a complete plan beginning with a definition of hand me down dreams to explaining how they're passed cyclically in all families to understanding how family dynamics work. The book concludes with seven exercises designed as a workbook to help the reader systematically sort through his or her family's work history and values and its impact on career choice to assessing her or his own individual talents, interests, and passions; clarifying future goals, and ultimately developing a flexible but structured plan for finding the courage to implement a career change that fulfills his or her own needs and not someone else's.

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