People who can’t stay where they are but can’t walk away from everything — and want a plan to change careers without losing it all. A book to practice, not just read: one page to understand, one page to act, and a written decision on day 30.
What you will do
Take stock of where you really stand: what’s wrong, your energy, your skills and your constraints
Explore three paths, not one — and test the one that fits before you commit
Switch without losing everything: a realistic calendar, a safety net and a 90-day plan
Also included
A First Aid protocol for starting Monday morning, without quitting everything
Ready-to-use scripts: the words to say it, to your employer and to those around you
3 printable worksheets: your transition budget, your transferable skills, your 90-day plan
Look inside
Three real pages from the ebook. Tap one to open it in full size, then zoom in to read.
Table of contents
Before you start — how to use this workbookp. 2
First Aid — starting Monday morning, without quitting everythingp. 6
Your starting point — the baselinep. 9
Phase 1 — Assessment: where you really stand p. 11
Day 1 — Name what’s wrongp. 13
Day 2 — Your energy, hour by hourp. 15
Day 3 — What you no longer wantp. 17
Day 4 — Your transferable skillsp. 19
Day 5 — What you want to keepp. 21
Day 6 — Your real constraintsp. 23
Day 7 — Your assessment on one pagep. 25
Checkpoint — Phase 1p. 27
Phase 2 — Explore: three paths, not one p. 28
Day 8 — Three paths, not onep. 30
Day 9 — Each path, in one job sentencep. 32
Day 10 — The market, without fantasyp. 34
Day 11 — The discovery interview — who to talk top. 36
Day 12 — Prepare your questionsp. 38
Day 13 — Conduct your first discovery interviewp. 40
Day 14 — Compare the three paths, coldlyp. 42
Day 15 — Choose your number-one pathp. 44
Checkpoint — Phase 2p. 46
Phase 3 — Test: validate without quitting p. 47
Day 16 — The smallest possible micro-testp. 49
Day 17 — A real assignment, a real projectp. 51
Day 18 — The short course that really helpsp. 53
Day 19 — Your transition budget, number by numberp. 55
Day 20 — Test quietly, without telling everyonep. 57
Day 21 — What the test taught youp. 59
Day 22 — Adjust the path (or change paths)p. 61
Day 23 — The test verdictp. 63
Checkpoint — Phase 3p. 65
Phase 4 — Transition: switch without losing everything p. 66