Don't Stay in Your Lane: The Career Change Guide for Women of Color (Paperback)
“Like having a career coach in your back pocket!”
— Melissa Koh, Writer and Writing Coach
“Like having a career coach in your back pocket!”
— Melissa Koh, Writer and Writing Coach
“Like having a career coach in your back pocket!”
— Melissa Koh, Writer and Writing Coach
What this book will do for you:
Don't Stay in Your Lane: The Career Change Guide for Women of Color is a step-by-step instruction manual that walks you through your career change – from that first lightbulb moment of realization to actually transforming your career.
Part memoir, part workbook, this book lights up the confusing road to pursuing your dreams with practical exercises designed to help you leap over potholes like:
how to find your way forward through uncertainty;
how to stop negative self-talk; and
how to overcome financial anxiety.
“Like one of Cynthia’s coaching sessions on steroids.”
— Nicole Espina, Photographer and Visual Artist
Imagine if you could:
Rediscover the confidence that comes with knowing what you want from your career;
Learn how to capitalize on your strengths and bring your authentic self to your work; and
Create a concrete action plan for a successful career change.
Don’t Stay in Your Lane is thousands of dollars’ worth of Cynthia’s career coaching boiled down into the most effective and impactful strategies. This book will get you through your career transition WAY faster than if you were to attempt it on your own. Whether you’re changing careers at 30, 40, or post-retirement, this book will help you navigate how to change careers as a woman of color.
Because here’s the thing: as women of color, we’re already doing ten jobs. We don’t have time and energy to waste.
What we need is career advice that actually works for us – that takes into account the unique landscape we face in the professional world – and that gets right to the point. This book is it.
Synopsis:
Maybe you daydream about leaving your boring job. Maybe you're burnt out. Maybe you have an itch to pursue a new career goal but haven't known how to get started. This book is for you.
Don't Stay in Your Lane is a funny, smart, step-by-step guide for women of color who want to switch careers. This book will teach you to tackle every obstacle along the way, from the “imposter syndrome” women of color face, to negotiating salaries, to organizing your finances. Sprinkled throughout are Cynthia's personal stories of successes and failures for you to learn from.
If you ever knew you needed a change—but questioned how to begin—this book will coach you out of patriarchy's path and onto your own.
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback:
Page count: 276 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-7353363-0-5
Dimensions: 8 inches x 10 inches
PDF:
ISBN-13: 978-1-7353363-2-9
Size: 10.2MB
EPUB eBook:
ISBN-13: 978-1-7353363-1-2
Compatible with NOOK and Apple Books