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  • Published: 15 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780143109525
  • Imprint: Tarcher
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $35.00

The Quarter-Life Breakthrough

Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters



An inspirational guide for the millennial generation to get unstuck, pursue meaningful work, and invent their own path to a successful life.

An empowering and insightful self-help book for Gen Z young adults to find passion, purpose, and success in their careers

How do you actually find meaning in the workplace? How do you find work that makes your heart sing, creates impact, and pays your rent?
 
After realizing that his well-paying, prestigious job was actually making him miserable, Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky started asking these big questions. The Quarter-Life Breakthrough provides fresh, honest, counterintuitive, and inspiring career advice for anyone stuck in a quarter-life crisis (or third-life crisis), trying to figure out what to do with your life. Smiley shares the stories of many twenty- and thirty-somethings who are discovering how to work with purpose (and still pay the bills).

Brimming with practical exercises and advice, this book is essential reading for millennial career changers and anyone passionate about getting unstuck, pursuing work that matters, and changing the world.

  • Published: 15 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780143109525
  • Imprint: Tarcher
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $35.00

Praise for The Quarter-Life Breakthrough

  • "Chock full of smart, practical, relatable, and timely tips for hungry young meaning-makers of the world who are looking to make a bigger impact in others' lives (and find fulfillment their own)."--Jenny Blake, author of Life After College
  • "This book helps you create a life of meaning and purpose."--Christine Hassler, author of 20 Something, 20 Everything, and 20 Something Manifesto
  • "Smiley offers heaps of illustrations and mounds of inspiration for young people seeking to tap into their purpose and find a career with passion."--MeiMei Fox, New York Times bestselling author of Bend, Not Break and Fortytude, and life coach
  • "Humorous yet deeply moving, this excellent book should come with a warning: DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE."--Lodro Rinzler, author of The Buddha Walks into the Office and founder of the Institute for Compassionate Leadership
  • "This is the right career book for the millennial generation."--Alex Magnin, Forbes 30 Under 30 for Media