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Brown, Paul. B. with Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger. Own Your
Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy.
AMACOM, 2014. 224p. ISBN 0814434096.

The authors, who have all started multiple success companies, apply an
entrepreneurial business model to career development. The business
model they recommend you use is “Act-Learn-Build-Repeat,” essentially
experimenting you way forward, learning key lessons, and applying them
to new career opportunities. Unlike many other career books, Own Your
Future sees career development and success as a process made up of
small steps that build to great (longterm) outcomes.
Clark, Tim. Business Model You: A One-Page Method for Reinventing Your Career.
Wiley, 2012. 264p. ISBN 978-1118156315.
Although the title says this book is for career reinvention, it’s also a great
resource for thinking about what you want your nursing career to be in
the future, even if that future is an extension or expansion of what you’re
currently doing. Especially useful for those who who benefit from or enjoy
visual or graphic explanations.
Hoffman, Reid and Ben Casnocha. The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future,
Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. Crown Business, 2012. 272p.
ISBN 0307888908.
Co-founder of social networking juggernaut LinkedIn, Hoffman has co-
authored a terrific book that mentions LinkedIn surprisingly few times. The
Start-Up of You is an exceptionally practical guide to framing your career as
an ongoing business start-up, that is, one in permanent beta. The authors
are adamant about facing career-market facts, with the triad of “Aspirations,
Assets, and Market Realities” their central model. See especially Chapter 3,
“Plan to Adapt”; you’ll probably want to have a highlighter on hand.

Joel, Mitch. Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future
Depends On It. Business Plus, 2013. 288p. ISBN 1455523305.
Similar to Own Your Future and The Start-Up of You, Joel’s Ctrl Alt Delete
is based on a business model, that is, the need to rethink and “reboot” your
career on a regular basis. This, according to Joel, is the only way you’ll be
able to adapt to the five major shifts (including the now-familiar importance
of data and data analytics) he predicts will disrupt businesses and careers
in the coming years. An example of his advice for a “squiggly” career (that
is, one that’s adaptive and resilient): “Don’t be afraid of short and powerful
projects,” otherwise stated as “Be Brilliant. Be Brief. Be Gone.” How to apply
this advice if you’re a permanent employee with regular job responsibilities?
Think volunteer projects or contributing to change initiatives at your
workplace.
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