Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life Paperback – Illustrated, April 12, 2010

I am a middle age executive that has had some health issues causing some modification and rethinking of my life's work and career. I have read Talane's other books and hired her as my personal coach. I must say that I have found this new book to be an incredible resource and guideline for anyone thinking or needed a new career......or reinventing their professional life. Talane teaches how to identify your true passions and values and create a practical plan to achieve your goals.Coach Yourself to a new Career has several quizzes and worksheets that help define needs, boundaries and goals. Also in the book I found an annual life plan and career profile that was a great personal resource. I can't imagine considering a career change without this book as a guide.I found Coach Yourself to a new Career not to be just about career change, but also a guide for making decisions and positive changes in both your personal and professional life. I have also joined Talane's [...] website, as it has many tools to help along one's journey in life.I know Talane as a wonderful, caring, experienced coach, and those qualities really show in this book. I know it has helped me, and I am sure it will give you the coaching you need to help change your career, and your life.

This book seems to have come to me at the most opportune time. I've always struggled with trying to figure out "what I want to be when I grow up". I've finally reached the point where I'm done feeling stuck on my current path and believe that I can set the direction for my own life. This book has proven to be tremendously helpful in that mission.Talane knows exactly how to get her point across simply and effectively. I felt like she was speaking to me personally and knew exactly what I was thinking as I read along. I savored every word in this book. I found it to be practical, useful, inspiring, encouraging, and motivating. I have several friends and colleagues who are daring to do what they love, believing that they can be more content than they are now, and I've supplied them with the tool to build their new life -- this book.Thank you Talane for your incredible talent. It's clear that you're doing what you're meant to be doing -- touching and affecting people's lives for the better.

I found this book to be very helpful in learning about my personal needs and values, however, I didn't find it particularly helpful in directing me to specific career choices which is what I was looking for.

I really enjoyed this book. It is so practical and logical. It walks you through a number of assessment steps to much better understand who you are. This book gave me many practical applications for my life that have really helped. I recommend this book to anyone. Way to go Talane. Because I enjoyed this book so much I also read her book, Coach yourself to success, which I also highly recommend. She also offs a great web site: Lifecoach.com.

I have read and love all three of Talane's books. I have read each one at least twice as I find something new each time I do. I have been in "Dream Career" search mode for several years. I found this book a year ago and enjoyed doing the suggested exercises from this book to find new facets to try and incorporate in my current job and while searching for the next step in my career. While I haven't landed in my "dream job" yet, I keep getting closer and I am enjoying the process instead of just spending each day at my current job frustrated with what I don't like. I performed the suggested activity to get my office cleaned and ready so I can just pick up my purse and leave when the next job comes, and yep, a new job opportunity presented itself. Attracting what you want really works! I also love the Envy exercise - it's amazing what you can learn about what you really want when you think about what you envy that other people have. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to chase an ideal life and not just a paycheck.

Coach Yourself to a New Career is filled with practical advice, much of which has been detailed in other reviews. One step that stuck with me, and isn't frequently mentioned in other career books, is to master your current work situations - many people let their current job slide while looking for something better. By taking the time to "Perfect the Present", as she describes in the first chapter, you present yourself as someone who is confident not needy, and also attract to yourself the type of work opportunities you really desire.Talane Miedaner does an excellent job of looking at the whole picture - the whole of you as well as the whole of your career - and helping you identify your needs in order to attract a career that is fulfilling on many different levels. This approach is significantly deeper than one that just looks at what you like to do and what jobs are available. If you meet your needs, the variety of career opportunities available is much broader. Her book is very helpful in walking you through the process of finding satisfaction and reinventing your professional life.

Wow. As a coach I thought I’d take a peek, see if she has some exercises to recommend. Terrible quizzes, extraordinarily biased definitions of success. Nothing in here for me. It’s bypassing the corner free library for the recycling bin.

I was really pleased with this read! It really helped me to think more broadly about where I am and where I can go in my career!