Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You

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Losing your job may be one of the toughest challenges you will face in your career. It can make you feel completely powerless, anxious and thrown off track. So how can you learn to adapt and even thrive through your most difficult and transformative experiences?

Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You is a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is facing redundancy or job loss; with deeply inspiring case studies and clear and brilliantly accessible, practical advice for getting back on course with your life and career. Learn how to:

-Navigate feelings of anger, guilt and shame
-Search for new beginnings
-Overcome analysis paralysis
-Progress with small steps

Eleanor Tweddell's five-step plan will support you through the early stages of shock, through to building up the skills, self-confidence and motivation to thrive after redundancy; whether that is in your previous sector or something new.

'This book reminded me why an ending - especially an unexpected one - can be the best kind of beginning' Viv Groskop, author of Lift As You Climb

'This book will help you escape the valleys of rejection bound for the peaks of opportunity' Bruce Daisley, bestselling author of The Joy of Work

'So much more than a user guide to life after redundancy, it's an inspiring lesson on how to deal with the knocks of everyday life; written with humour, empathy and honesty' Debbie Hewitt MBE, Chair, Visa Europe

© Eleanor Tweddell 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • As a redundancy survivor myself, this book reminded me why an ending – especially an unexpected one – can be the best kind of beginning. Packed full of realistic inspiration, advice and motivation, this is the perfect guidebook for the moment when your career punches you in the face

    Viv Groskop, author of Lift As You Climb: Women and the Art of Ambition
  • Eleanor Tweddell has created a book that is part survival guide, part life coach. A warm and welcoming Sherpa helping you escape the valleys of rejection bound for the peaks of opportunity

    Bruce Daisley, bestselling author of The Joy of Work
  • ‘This book is so much more than a user guide to life after redundancy – it’s an inspiring journey of how to deal with the knocks of everyday life, written with humour, empathy and honesty’

    Debbie Hewitt MBE, Chair, Visa Europe
  • A sensitive balance of acknowledging the seriousness of redundancy by providing practical, real-world advice for how to tackle the challenge whilst recognising that humour can be found in every situation

    Joe Thompson, former MD, Virgin Holidays
  • This book takes away the stigma associated with redundancy and turns it into an opportunity to rethink your career and discover work that works for you

    Alison Grade, author of The Freelance Bible
  • The first of its kind and so relatable, this book is all encompassing, practical, real and provides a guiding mind. An encouraging read that provides reflection and gives inner confidence and most importantly encouragement and focus on the future. It’s as though Eleanor is there with you every step of the way!

    Steve Griffiths, Managing Director, MAG London Stansted Airport

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