Trajectory, David L. Van Rooy
Trajectory, David L. Van Rooy
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Trajectory
7 Career Strategies to Take You from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Author: David L. Van Rooy

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/01/2014


Synopsis

When the economy's difficult and jobs aren't secure, people tend to focus on the short term...on survival. But what they don't grasp is how their current position could be a springboard to their next position--or even the one after that. Caught between a fear of failure and a desire for instant success, they limit the risks they take, unwittingly limiting their opportunities. As much as they want to get ahead, they simply can't see how to get there.

Trajectory is the answer. Each and every person has their own "trajectory" or career path--and this timely and refreshingly practical new book presents seven strategies designed to help anyone create and manage theirs. Listeners will discover how to:

? Make the most of feedback

? Avoid stagnation and break through plateaus

? Think big, act small, and move quick

? Achieve growth through failure

? Move to the front of the pack through persistence

? Continuously develop both "soft" and "hard" professional skills

? And much more

Career success doesn't happen overnight. From building relationships with mentors, to positioning (and repositioning) yourself for promotion--this essential guide provides the tools you need for a lifetime of advancement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on March 26, 2019

I listened to Trajectory and found the book felt very familiar. To the good, the advice I had heard before and I already believed it to be true. To the not-so-good, because of the familiar advice and the examples the author used, this felt like a decades-old career self-help book. I listened to the......more

Goodreads review by meghabhav on May 22, 2017

Very practical advice. I liked that there were examples provided to teach the reader a lesson and the exercises were useful tools to help me goal-set, assess myself and plan. I took many notes and look forward to reflecting on my own lessons learned from reading this book.......more

Goodreads review by Sabrina on July 04, 2024

The excises after each chapter are instrumental.......more

Goodreads review by Shanon on October 02, 2018

Good book with practical advice and quick read. Repetitive in places but the repetition wasn’t overly annoying and usually lent to expanding a concept.......more

Goodreads review by Shane on January 10, 2023

Good reminders but nothing mind blowing for me personally. The audio book narration was somewhat robotic so that took away from the impact (for me).......more